English Standard Version
2 Chronicles 12:4
4And he took the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 12:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
- New International Version (NIV)he captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And he took the fortified cities of Judah and came to Jerusalem.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Shishak conquered Judah’s fortified towns and then advanced to attack Jerusalem.
Context of 2 Chronicles 12:4
2In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, because they had been unfaithful to the Lord, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem 3with 1,200 chariots and 60,000 horsemen. And the people were without number who came with him from Egypt—Libyans, Sukkiim, and Ethiopians. And he took the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem. 5Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and to the princes of Judah, who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, "Thus says the Lord, 'You abandoned me, so I have abandoned you to the hand of Shishak.'" 6Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The Lord is righteous."
Read all of 2 Chronicles 122 Chronicles 12:4 word by word
וַיִּלְכֹּ֛ד אֶת־עָרֵ֥י הַמְּצֻר֖וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר לִֽיהוּדָ֑ה וַיָּבֹ֖א עַד־יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 12:4
- 2 Chronicles 11:5Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and he built cities for defense in Judah.
- Isaiah 36:1In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them.
- Jeremiah 5:10"Go up through her vine rows and destroy, but make not a full end; strip away her branches, for they are not the Lord's.
- 2 Kings 18:17And the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rab-saris, and the Rabshakeh with a great army from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. When they arrived, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the highway to the Washer's Field.
- Isaiah 8:8and it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass on, reaching even to the neck, and its outspread wings will fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel."
- Isaiah 10:11shall I not do to Jerusalem and her idols as I have done to Samaria and her images?"
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 12:4
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4See 1 the Kings 14:25 note.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-4Shishak, also called Shoshenq I, ruled a unified Egypt from 945 to 924 BC and started the 22nd dynasty.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-53-5. the Lubims--the Libyans of northeastern Africa. the Sukkiims--Some think these were the Kenite Arabs, dwellers in tents, but others maintain more justly that these were Arab troglodytes, who inhabited the caverns of a mountain range on the western coast of the Red Sea. and the Ethiopians--from the regions south of Egypt. By the overwhelming force of numbers, they took the fortresses of Judah which had been recently put in a state of defense, and…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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