John Gill Commentary 2 Chronicles 12:3

"with twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen. And the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt: the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians." — 2 Chronicles 12:3 (ASV)

With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen;
and the people were without number
The foot soldiers; their number, according to Josephus ^F8 was 400,000:

that came with him out of Egypt ;
the above numerous army came from thence with him, which was famous for horses and chariots of war, see (Exodus 14:7Exodus 14:28) , what follow seem to have joined him after he came out of Egypt, or whom he subdued in his way; the Lubim or Lybians, inhabitants of Libya, a country near Egypt the same with the Lehabim; of whom see (Genesis 10:13) ,

the Sukkiims ;
who were either the Scenite Arabs, who dwelt in tents, as this word signifies; or the Troglodytes, according to the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions, who dwelt in dens and caves, in which sense the word "Succah" is sometimes used, (Job 38:40) (Psalms 10:9) and in their country was a town called Suchae, mentioned by Pliny ^F9 ; they inhabited near the Red sea; and if Shishak is the same with Sesostris, as is thought, these people were subdued by him, as Herodotus ^F11 and Strabo ^F12 testify:

and the Ethiopians ;
some think these were the Cushite Arabs, and that Sesostris came into Arabia is testified by the above writers; though rather the proper Ethiopians are meant, since they are joined with the Lubim or Africans; and since, as Herodotus ^F13 says, he ruled over Ethiopia; and Diodorus Siculus ^F14 says he fought with them, and obliged them to pay him tribute.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F8: Antiqu. l. 8. c. 10. sect. 2.
• F9: Nat. Hist. l. 6. c. 29.
• F11: Euterpe, sive, l. 2. c. 102.
• F12: Geograph. l. 16. p. 529.
• F13: Ut supra, (Euterpe, sive, l. 2.) c. 110.
• F14: Bibliothec. l. 1. p. 50.