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With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people [were] without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
2 Chronicles 12:3 — KJV
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2 Chronicles 12:3
King James Version (KJV)
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2 Chronicles 12:3
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Commentary
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 12:3
Theological / DevotionalTwelve hundred chariots. These interesting details as to the size and composition of the Egyptian army are not mentioned in Kings.
Lubims. Or Libyans, inhabitants of a territory in North Africa, west of Egypt. The people of this region frequently infiltrated into Egypt, mingled with the Egyptians, and served as mercenary troops. Shishak, or Sheshonk I, was the first king of a dynasty of Libyan kings who ruled over Egypt probably about 950-750 B.C. The Libyans are also mentioned in 2 Chron. 16:8; Nahum 3:9; Dan. 11:43 (see Vol. II, p. 50).
The Sukkiims. These people have not been identified. They seem to have been some minor North African tribe.
Ethiopians. Literally, Cushites. Cush was the general name for the region lying south of Egypt proper corresponding roughly to the Sudan, or Nubia. In the classical period the term Ethiopia was applied to this region. This identification must not be confused with modern Ethiopia, which is farther to the south and east.
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