New International Version
2 Chronicles 12:4
4he captured 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Shishak conquered Judah’s fortified towns and then advanced to attack Jerusalem.
Context of 2 Chronicles 12:4
2Because they had been unfaithful to the Lord, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem in the fifth year of King Rehoboam. 3With twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen and the innumerable troops of Libyans, Sukkites and Cushites that came with him from Egypt, he captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem. 5Then 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.’ ” 6The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The Lord is just.”
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 built up towns for defense in Judah:
- Isaiah 36:1In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.
- Jeremiah 5:10“Go through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not destroy them completely. Strip off her branches, for these people do not belong to the Lord.
- 2 Kings 18:17The king of Assyria sent his supreme commander, his chief officer and his field commander with a large army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They came up to Jerusalem and stopped at the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, on the road to the Washerman’s Field.
- Isaiah 8:8and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it, passing through it and reaching up to the neck. Its outspread wings will cover the breadth of your land, Immanuel!”
- Isaiah 10:11shall I not deal with Jerusalem and her images as I dealt with 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
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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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