2Ch 12:1 | KD | STEP | Rehoboam’s defection from the Lord, and his humiliation by the Egyptian king Shishak . - 2Ch 12:1. The infinitive כּהכין, “at the time of the establishing,” with an indefinite subject, may be expressed in English by the passive: when Rehoboam’s royal power was established. The words refer back to 2Ch 11:17. כּחזקתו, “when he had become strong” (חזקה is a nomen verbale: the becoming strong; cf. ; ), he forsook the Lord, and all Israel with him. The inhabitants of the kingdom of Judah are here called Israel, to hint at the contrast between the actual conduct of the people in their defection from the Lord, and the destiny of Israel, the people of God. The forsaking of the law of Jahve is in substance the fall into idolatry, as we find it stated more definitely in 1Ki 14:22.

‏ 2 Chronicles 12:1

2Ch 12:1 Rehoboam’s defection from the Lord, and his humiliation by the Egyptian king Shishak. - 2Ch 12:1. The infinitive כּהכין, “at the time of the establishing,” with an indefinite subject, may be expressed in English by the passive: when Rehoboam’s royal power was established. The words refer back to 2Ch 11:17. כּחזקתו, “when he had become strong” (חזקה is a nomen verbale: the becoming strong; cf. 2Ch 26:16; 2Ch 11:2), he forsook the Lord, and all Israel with him. The inhabitants of the kingdom of Judah are here called Israel, to hint at the contrast between the actual conduct of the people in their defection from the Lord, and the destiny of Israel, the people of God. The forsaking of the law of Jahve is in substance the fall into idolatry, as we find it stated more definitely in 1Ki 14:22.