2 Chronicles 12:6
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New International Version (©2011)
The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The LORD is just."

New Living Translation (©2007)
Then the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The LORD is right in doing this to us!"

English Standard Version (©2001)
Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.”

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

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "Yahweh is righteous."

International Standard Version (©2012)
In response, the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and declared, "The LORD is righteous."

NET Bible (©2006)
The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The LORD is just."

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Then the commanders of Israel and the king humbled themselves. "The LORD is right!" they said.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

12:1-16 Rehoboam, forsaking the Lord, is punished. - When Rehoboam was so strong that he supposed he had nothing to fear from Jeroboam, he cast off his outward profession of godliness. It is very common, but very lamentable, that men, who in distress or danger, or near death, seem much engaged in seeking and serving God, throw aside all their religion when they have received a merciful deliverance. God quickly brought troubles upon Judah, to awaken the people to repentance, before their hearts were hardened. Thus it becomes us, when we are under the rebukes of Providence, to justify God, and to judge ourselves. If we have humbled hearts under humbling providences, the affliction has done its work; it shall be removed, or the property of it be altered. The more God's service is compared with other services, the more reasonable and easy it will appear. Are the laws of temperance thought hard? The effects of intemperance will be found much harder. The service of God is perfect liberty; the service of our lusts is complete slavery. Rehoboam was never rightly fixed in his religion. He never quite cast off God; yet he engaged not his heart to seek the Lord. See what his fault was; he did not serve the Lord, because he did not seek the Lord. He did not pray, as Solomon, for wisdom and grace; he did not consult the word of God, did not seek to that as his oracle, nor follow its directions. He made nothing of his religion, because he did not set his heart to it, nor ever came up to a steady resolution in it. He did evil, because he never was determined for good.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 6. - Note, as very apt parallel passages, Jeremiah 13:15, 18; Exodus 9:27.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

6. the princes of Israel—(compare 2Ch 12:5, "the princes of Judah").

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Egypt Invades Judah
…5Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, Thus said the LORD, You have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak. 6Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous. 7And 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 on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

Exodus 9:27 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. "This time I have sinned," he said to them. "The LORD is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong.
2 Chronicles 12:12 Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the LORD's anger turned from him, and he was not totally destroyed. Indeed, there was some good in Judah.
2 Chronicles 21:2 Jehoram's brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat, were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariahu, Michael and Shephatiah. All these were sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
Daniel 9:14 The LORD did not hesitate to bring the disaster on us, for the LORD our God is righteous in everything he does; yet we have not obeyed him.