2 Chronicles 12:6

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Then the rulers of Israel and the king humbled themselves, - and said, Righteous, is Yahweh!

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The Lord is righteous.”

Hebrew Names Version
Then the princes of Yisra'el and the king humbled themselves; and they said, the LORD is righteous.

King James Version
Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The Lord is righteous.

English Standard Version
Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The Lord is righteous."

New Century Version
Then the leaders of Judah and King Rehoboam were sorry for what they had done. They said, "The Lord does what is right."

New English Translation
The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The Lord is just."

Amplified Bible
Then the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The LORD is righteous."

New American Standard Bible
So the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The LORD is righteous."

World English Bible
Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, Yahweh is righteous.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the princes of Israel, & the King humbled themselues, and sayde, The Lord is iust.

Legacy Standard Bible
So the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "Yahweh is righteous."

Berean Standard Bible
So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The LORD is righteous."

Contemporary English Version
Rehoboam and the leaders were sorry for what they had done and admitted, "The Lord is right. We have deserted him."

Complete Jewish Bible
In response, the leaders of Isra'el and the king humbled themselves; they said, " Adonai is right."

Darby Translation
And the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, Jehovah is righteous.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then the leaders of Judah and King Rehoboam were sorry and humbled themselves. They said, "The Lord is right."

George Lamsa Translation
Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.

Good News Translation
The king and the leaders admitted that they had sinned, and they said, "What the Lord is doing is just."

Lexham English Bible
Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "Yahweh is righteous."

Literal Translation
And the leaders of Israel and the king were humbled. And they said, Jehovah is righteous.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The the rulers in Israel with the kynge submytted them selues, and sayde: The LORDE is righteous.

American Standard Version
Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, Jehovah is righteous.

Bible in Basic English
Then the chiefs of Israel and the king made themselves low and said, The Lord is upright.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Whereupon the lordes of Israel and the king humbled themselues, and said: The Lorde is righteous.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said: 'The LORD is righteous.'

King James Version (1611)
Whereupon, the Princes of Israel, and the king humbled themselues and they saide, The Lord is righteous.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the elders of Israel and the king were ashamed, and said, The Lord is righteous.

English Revised Version
Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the princes of Israel and the kyng weren astonyed, and seiden, The Lord is iust.

Update Bible Version
Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, Yahweh is righteous.

Webster's Bible Translation
Upon which the princes of Israel, and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD [is] righteous.

New King James Version
So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, "The LORD is righteous."

New Living Translation
Then the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The Lord is right in doing this to us!"

New Life Bible
So the princes of Israel and the king put away their pride and said, "The Lord is right and good."

New Revised Standard
Then the officers of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The Lord is in the right."

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the princes of Israel, and the king, being in a consternation, said: The Lord is just.

Revised Standard Version
Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The LORD is righteous."

Young's Literal Translation
and the heads of Israel are humbled, and the king, and they say, `Righteous [is] Jehovah.'

THE MESSAGE
The leaders of Israel and the king were repentant and said, " God is right."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The LORD is righteous."

Contextual Overview

¹ And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of Yahweh, - and all Israel with him. ² And so it came to pass, in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, - because they had dealt treacherously against Yahweh; - ³ with twelve hundred chariots, and with sixty thousand horsemen,-and, without number, the people who came with him out of Egypt - Lybians, Sukkiim, and Ethiopians. ⁴ And he captured the cities of defence which belonged to Judah, - and came, as far as Jerusalem. ⁵ And, Shemaiah the prophet, came unto Rehoboam, and the rulers of Judah, who had gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem because of Shishak, - and said unto them, Thus, saith Yahweh, Ye, have left, me, Therefore, I also, have left, you, in the hands of Shishak. ⁶ Then the rulers of Israel and the king humbled themselves, - and said, Righteous, is Yahweh! ⁷ And, when Yahweh saw that they humbled themselves, the word of Yahweh came unto Shemaiah, saying - They have humbled themselves, I will not destroy them, - but will grant them, in a little while, to escape, and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem, by the hand of Shishak. ⁸ Nevertheless they shall become his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries. ⁹ So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and the treasures of the house of the king, the whole, he took, - and he took the bucklers of gold, which Solomon had made. ¹⁰ And King Rehoboam made, instead of them, bucklers of bronze, - and committed them unto the hand of the captains of the runners, who kept guard at the entrance of the house of the king.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

humbled: 2 Chronicles 32:26, 2 Chronicles 33:12, 2 Chronicles 33:19, 2 Chronicles 33:23, Exodus 10:3, Leviticus 26:40, Leviticus 26:41, 1 Kings 8:37-39, Psalms 78:34, Psalms 78:35, Jeremiah 13:15, Jeremiah 13:18, Jeremiah 44:10, Daniel 5:22, Hosea 5:15, Luke 18:14, James 4:6, James 4:10

the Lord: Exodus 9:27, Judges 1:7, Job 33:27, Psalms 129:4, Lamentations 1:18, Daniel 9:14, Romans 10:3

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 12:12 - when 2 Chronicles 21:2 - Israel 2 Chronicles 30:11 - humbled themselves Jeremiah 18:8 - that nation 1 Peter 5:6 - Humble

Cross-References

Genesis 10:15
And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth:

Genesis 12:18
And Pharaoh called out to Abram, and said, What is this thou hast done to me? Wherefore didst thou not tell me, that she was, thy wife?

Genesis 12:19
Wherefore saidst thou My sister, she; and so I was about to take her to me, to wife? But now, lo! thy wife take her and go thy way.

Genesis 13:7
And there arose a strife betwixt the herdmen of Abram, and the herdmen of Lot. Now the Canaanite and the Perizzite, were then dwelling in the land.

Genesis 33:18
And Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, - when he came in from Padan-aram, - and he encamped before the city.

Genesis 34:2
And Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the lend, saw her, - so he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.

Genesis 35:4
So they gave unto Jacob all the gods of the alien which were in their hand, and the earrings which were in their ears, - and Jacob hid them under the oak, which was by Shechem.

Deuteronomy 11:30
Are, they, not over the Jordan on the way towards the entering in of the sun, in the land of the Canaanite who dwelleth in the plain over against Gilgal beside the Teacher's Terebinths?

Joshua 20:7
So then they set apart Kadesh in Galilee, in the hill country of Naphtali, and Shechem, in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba, the same, is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah.

Joshua 24:32
And, the bones of Joseph - which the sons of Israel had brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in the portion of field, which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for a hundred pieces of money, - and they belonged unto the sons of Joseph, as an inheritance.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves,.... Both by words acknowledging their sins, and the justice of God, and by deeds, perhaps putting on sackcloth, as was usual on such occasions, and betaking themselves to fasting and prayer:

and they said, the Lord is righteous; in giving them up into the hand of their enemies, seeing they had forsaken him, and sinned against him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They said, The Lord is righteous - i. e., they acknowledged the justice of the sentence which had gone forth against them 2 Chronicles 12:5.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 12:6. Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves — This is not mentioned in the parallel place, 1 Kings 14:25-29: this was the sole reason why Jerusalem was not at this time totally destroyed, and the house of David entirely cut off; for they were totally incapable of defending themselves against this innumerable host.