2 Chronicles 12:5
Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
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Gill's Exposition
Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam,.... The same as in Ch2 11:2, there called the man of God:
and to the princes of Judah that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak; through…
Israel was very much disgraced and weakened by being divided into two kingdoms; yet the kingdom of Judah, having both the temple and the royal city, both the house of David and the house of Aaron,…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Then came Shemaiah This intervention of Shemaiah is not mentioned in 1 Kin. For an earlier appearance of the prophet see 2Ch 11:2 ff. = 1Ki 12:22 ff.
have I also left you in the hand Rather, I also…
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