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2 Chronicles 12:10 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 10. 10Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king’s house.
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Role in This Section
This verse advances the thought unit through its next action, speech, or consequence: “Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Temple plunder and partial humility limit destruction.”
Read It With
- 2 Chronicles 12:9–12
Read 2 Chronicles 12:10 with 12:9–12. The selected wording supplies one step in the thought unit through its next action, speech, or consequence; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Shishak takes temple and palace treasures, bronze replaces Solomon's gold shields, and Rehoboam's humility turns away total wrath though Judah remains under pressure.
Why It Needs Context
2 Chronicles 12:10 depends on 12:9–12; isolating “Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief…” would detach a supporting action, quotation, name, number, object, or transition from “Temple plunder and partial humility limit destruction.”
Read 2 Chronicles 12:9–12 together
Why these verses belong together: 2 Chronicles 12:9–12 forms the complete movement “Temple plunder and partial humility limit destruction”: Shishak takes temple and palace treasures, bronze replaces Solomon's gold shields, and Rehoboam's humility turns away total wrath though Judah remains under pressure.
Verse 9. 9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
Verse 10. 10 Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king’s house.
Verse 11. 11 And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.
Verse 12. 12 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well.
Continue in Context
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Read 2 Chronicles 12:9–12 — Temple plunder and partial humility limit destructionSources used for this context pointer
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: 2 Chronicles 12:9–12, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 2 Chronicles
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