2 Chronicles 12:7
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“And when the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.”
דָּבָר
In Hebrew, dabar is not just a word spoken — it is a word that accomplishes something. God's dabar does not return empty. The psalmist says this word is a lamp to his feet — not a floodlight revealing everything ahead, but enough light for the next step. That is faith.
הָיָה
it came
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הָיָה
I AM. Hayah. The self-existent one. When Moses asked God His name God said I AM THAT I AM. Not I was or I will be but I AM. Always present always existing always enough. Jesus used the same words: before Abraham was I AM.
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יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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נָתַךְ
it will pour forth
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נָתַךְ
to flow forth (literally or figuratively); by implication, to liquify
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שָׁחַת
I will destroy/ them
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שָׁחַת
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
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כָּנַע
they had humbled themselves
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כָּנַע
they had humbled themselves
properly, to bend the knee; hence, to humiliate, vanquish
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חֵמָה
rage/ my
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חֵמָה
heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
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שְׁמַעְיָה
Shemaiah
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שְׁמַעְיָה
Shemajah, the name of twenty-five Israelites
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שִׁישַׁק
Shishak
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שִׁישַׁק
Shishak, an Egyptian king
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