English Bible Presentation Sharing - 2-Chronicles Book, chapter 12, verse 1 in Lxxen Version

2 Chronicles 12 : 1 (LXXEN)

And it came to pass when the kingdom of Roboam was established, and when he had grown strong, that he forsook the commandments of the Lord, and all Israel with him.

2 Chronicles 12 : 2 (LXXEN)

And it came to pass in the fifth year of the reign of Roboam, Susakim king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had sinned against the Lord,

2 Chronicles 12 : 3 (LXXEN)

with twelve hundred chariots, and sixty thousand horses: and there was no number of the multitude that came with him from Egypt; Libyans, Trogodytes, and Ethiopians.

2 Chronicles 12 : 4 (LXXEN)

And they obtained possession of the strong cities, which were in Juda, and came to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 12 : 5 (LXXEN)

And Samaias the prophet came to Roboam, and to the princes of Juda that were gathered to Jerusalem for fear of Susakim, and said to them, Thus said the Lord, Ye have left me, and I will leave you in the hand of Susakim.

2 Chronicles 12 : 6 (LXXEN)

And the elders of Israel and the king were ashamed, and said, The Lord is righteous.

2 Chronicles 12 : 7 (LXXEN)

And when the Lord saw that

Gr. were ashamed, or reverential

they repented, then came the word of the Lord to Samaias, saying, They have repented; I will not destroy them, but I will

Gr. give

set them in safety

Gr. as a little

for a little while, and my wrath shall not be

Gr. dropped

poured out on Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 12 : 8 (LXXEN)

Nevertheless they shall be servants, and know my service, and the service of the kings of the earth.

2 Chronicles 12 : 9 (LXXEN)

So Susakim king of Egypt went up against Jerusalem, and took the treasures that were in the house of the Lord, and the treasures that were in the king’s house: he took all; and he took the golden shields which Solomon had made.

2 Chronicles 12 : 10 (LXXEN)

And king Roboam made brazen shields instead of them. And Susakim set over him captains of footmen, as keepers of the gate of the king.

2 Chronicles 12 : 11 (LXXEN)

And it came to pass, when the king went into the house of the Lord, the guards and the footmen went in, and they that returned to meet the footmen.

2 Chronicles 12 : 12 (LXXEN)

And when he repented, the anger of the Lord turned from him, and did not destroy him utterly; for there were good

Gr. words

things in Juda.

2 Chronicles 12 : 13 (LXXEN)

So king Roboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: and Roboam was forty and one years old

Gr. in his reigning

when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, in the city which the Lord chose out of all the tribes of the children of Israel to call his name there: and his mother’s name was Noomma the Ammanitess.

2 Chronicles 12 : 14 (LXXEN)

And he did evil, for he directed not his heart to seek the Lord.

2 Chronicles 12 : 15 (LXXEN)

And the

Gr. words; Hebraism

acts of Roboam, the first and the last, behold, are they not written in the book of Samaia the prophet, and Addo the seer, with his achievements.

2 Chronicles 12 : 16 (LXXEN)

And Roboam made war with Jeroboam

Gr. always

all his days. And Roboam died with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abia his son reigned in his stead.