2 Chronicles 12:4

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

2And it came about in King Rehoboam’s fifth year, because they had been unfaithful to the Lord, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem 3with 1,200 chariots and sixty thousand horsemen. And the people who came with him from Egypt were innumerable: the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians. And he captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem. 5Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the princes of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You have abandoned Me, so I also have abandoned you to Shishak.’” 6So the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The Lord is righteous.”

2 Chronicles 12:4 word by word

וַיִּלְכֹּ֛ד אֶת־עָרֵ֥י הַמְּצֻר֖וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר לִֽיהוּדָ֑ה וַיָּבֹ֖א עַד־יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

• And he capturedלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920
• the fortifiedמְצוּרָהmetsûrâh metsûrâh · siege-worksH4694
• citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• and cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• as farעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• as Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 12:4

• 2 Chronicles 11:5Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem and built cities for defense in Judah.
• Isaiah 36:1Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria marched against all the fortified cities of Judah and seized them.
• Jeremiah 5:10“Go up through her vine rows and destroy, But do not execute a complete destruction; Strip away her branches, For they are not the Lord’s.
• 2 Kings 18:17Then the king of Assyria sent Tartan, Rab-saris, and Rabshakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah with a large army to Jerusalem. So they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they went up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the road of the fuller’s field.
• Isaiah 8:8Then it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass through, It will reach as far as the neck; And the spread of its wings will fill the expanse of your land, Immanuel.
• Isaiah 10:11Shall I not do the same to Jerusalem and her images Just as I have done to Samaria and her 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

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 12:4

• Egyptians
• Rehoboam
• Repentance
• Shishak
• War

In the dictionaries

• Jerusalem
• Judah
• Judah, kingdom of Judah
• Judea, Judah
• Fenced cities
• Abijah
• Chronicles, Books of
• Egypt
• Fence
• Rehoboam

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