2 Chronicles 12:4

4 he captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 12:4 in Other Translations

4 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.

4 And he took the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.

4 Shishak conquered Judah’s fortified towns and then advanced to attack Jerusalem.

4 They took the fortress cities of Judah and advanced as far as Jerusalem itself.

4 And he took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came unto Jerusalem.

4 He captured the fortified cities in Judah and then came to Jerusalem.

4 He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.

4 Shishak captured the cities of Judah that had high walls around them. He came all the way to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 12:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 12:4

And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah
Which Rehoboam had lately built, and placed his sons in them, ( 2 Chronicles 11:5-12 2 Chronicles 11:23 ) , these he took without any opposition:

and came to Jerusalem;
there being no army to oppose him; and so Sesostris took many countries without fighting, and among the rest Phoenicia, as Manetho ^F15 relates, in which Judea may be included.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Apud Joseph. contr. Apion. l. 1. c. 15.

2 Chronicles 12:4 In-Context

2 Because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem in the fifth year of King Rehoboam.

3 With twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen and the innumerable troops of Libyans, Sukkites and Cushites that came with him from Egypt,

4 he captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.

5 Then the prophet Shemaiah came to Rehoboam and to the leaders of Judah who had assembled in Jerusalem for fear of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the LORD says, ‘You have abandoned me; therefore, I now abandon you to Shishak.’ ”

6 The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is just.”

Cross References

• 1. S 2 Chronicles 11:10