2 Chronicles 12 - Shishak's Invasion of Judah | Bible Podcast, David Alley, Peace Christian Church

In this video listen to 2 Chronicles Chapter 12, read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.

In 2 Chronicles 12 we are talking about someone who follows God, but acts without wisdom, and now he abandons the Lord. This is what a lack of wisdom will do to you, and in fact the essence of the foolishness is to abandon the Lord. We are talking about King Rehoboam There are many who grow up in church, or a christian home, so they have the tradition of Christianity, but not the heart.

This is a battle each generation has to win for themselves, which means that you cannot rest on what your parents have given you. Nor can you expect your children will automatically pick up what you give to them. Your prayers for them give them the best chance of picking it up. So Shishak of Egypt is sent by the Lord to punish Judah, except he didn’t know that the Lord was punishing Rehoboam because of his sin against the Lord.

The Lord can use people even without their knowledge. The temple at Karnak records the details and names 150 towns that Shishak attacked, but Jerusalem is not on the list. It seems Rehoboam bought him off with gold from the temple and spared Jerusalem. It would seem that Shishak is Pharaoh Shoshenq I of the 22nd Dynasty of Egypt. There is archaeology supporting this Pharaoh and the invasion of Judah. He is the first Pharaoh that is named in the Bible, because the previous Pharaoh’s are not named.

This dynasty was from Libya. Chronicles notes that it wasn’t the king who humbled himself, but the princes of Israel. These are typically the rulers of the tribes of Israel - there were 12 of them in the days of the wilderness wandering. This makes sense given that the 150 towns listed in Egypt were mostly in Israel. Rehoboam became king at 41, reigned for 17 years, and died at 58.