John Gill's Exposition on 2 Chronicles 12:2

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And it came to pass in the fifth year of Rehoboam, etc.] In the fourth year, the apostasy of him and his people began; and, in the year following, what is next related happened, as a punishment of it: Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem; of whom (see <111140>1 Kings 11:40 14:25), because they transgressed against the Lord; transgressed the law of the Lord by falling into idolatry and other abominable evils; the Targum is, “against the Word of the Lord.”

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