God’s Word Translation
2 Chronicles 12:4
4He captured the fortified cities in Judah and then came to 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And he took 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.
Context of 2 Chronicles 12:4
2In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem. This happened because all Israel was not loyal to the Lord. 3Shishak had 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horses, and an army of countless Libyans, Sukkites, and Sudanese from Egypt. He captured the fortified cities in Judah and then came to Jerusalem. 5The prophet Shemaiah came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who had gathered in Jerusalem because of Shishak. Shemaiah said to them, “This is what the Lord says: You have abandoned me, so I will abandon you. I will hand you over to Shishak.” 6Then the commanders of Israel and the king humbled themselves. “The Lord is right!” they said.
Read all of 2 Chronicles 122 Chronicles 12:4 word by word
וַיִּלְכֹּ֛ד אֶת־עָרֵ֥י הַמְּצֻר֖וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר לִֽיהוּדָ֑ה וַיָּבֹ֖א עַד־יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 12:4
- 2 Chronicles 11:5Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem and built fortified cities in Judah.
- Isaiah 36:1In Hezekiah’s fourteenth year as king, King Sennacherib of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.
- Jeremiah 5:10“Go among Jerusalem’s rows of grapevines and destroy them, but don’t destroy all of them. Cut off the branches because they don’t belong to the Lord.
- 2 Kings 18:17Then the king of Assyria sent his commander-in-chief, his quartermaster, and his field commander with a large army from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They came there and stood at the channel for the Upper Pool on the road to the Laundryman’s Field.
- Isaiah 8:8It will sweep through Judah. It will overflow and pass through; it will be neck-high. Its outspread wings will extend over your whole country, O Immanuel.
- Isaiah 10:11I will do to Jerusalem and its idols what I’ve done to Samaria and its idols.”
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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