2 Chronicles 12:3-5
1599 Geneva Bible
3 With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen, and the people were without number, that came with him from Egypt, even the Lubim, [a]Sukkiim, and the [b]Ethiopians.
4 And he took the strong cities which were of Judah, and came unto Jerusalem.
5 ¶ Then came Shemaiah the Prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah that were gathered together in Jerusalem, because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the Lord, Ye have forsaken me, [c]therefore have I also left you in the hands of Shishak.
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- 2 Chronicles 12:3 Which were a people of Africa called the Troglodytes because they dwelled in holes.
- 2 Chronicles 12:3 Or, black Moores.
- 2 Chronicles 12:5 Signifying, that no calamity can come unto us except we forsake God, and that he never leaveth us till we have cast him off.
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