Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on 2 Chronicles 12:3

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twelve hundred: Jdg 4:13; Sa1 13:5; Sa2 10:18 without number: Ch2 14:9; Jdg 6:5; Rev 9:16 Lubims: Lubim, apparently the same with Lehabim ( Gen 10:13), were probably the ancient inhabitants of Lybia (called Lubi in the Syriac version, Act 2:10), a district of Africa, adjoining to Egypt, and extending along the shore of the Mediterranean as far as the city of Cyrene. Ch2 16:8; Eze 30:5; Nah 3:9 the Sukkiims: The Sukkiim (from sachach, "to cover") are supposed to have been the Troglodites, as the LXX and Vulgate render, a people of Egypt, on the west of the Red Sea, so called because they dwelt εν τρωγλαις, in caves. Ethiopians: These Cushim were probably the inhabitants of Ethiopia, south of Egypt. Ch2 14:12, Ch2 16:8; Isa 43:3; Dan 11:43; Nah 3:9, Cushim, Heb. Gen 10:6-8 2 Chronicles 12:4

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