2 Chronicles 12:4

4 He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as 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 were unfaithful to the Lord, in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt went to war against Jerusalem

3 with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 cavalrymen, and countless people who came with him from Egypt-Libyans, Sukkiim, and Ethiopians.

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

5 Then Shemaiah the prophet went to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who were gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them: "This is what the Lord says: 'You have abandoned Me; therefore, I have abandoned you into the hand of Shishak.' "

6 So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The Lord is righteous."