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Green's Literal Translation

2 Chronicles 12:4

And he captured the cities of defense in Judah and came to Jerusalem.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Egyptians;   Rehoboam;   Repentance;   Shishak;   War;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Jerusalem;   Visions;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Egypt;   Shishak;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ethiopia;   Rehoboam;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - No;   Rehoboam;   Shishak;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Etam;   Libya;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Rehoboam,;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Egypt;   Rehoboam ;   Shishak ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Judah the kingdom of;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Shi'shak,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Jerusalem;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Chronicles, Books of;   Egypt;   Fence;   Shishak;   Temple;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
Hebrew Names Version
He took the fortified cities which pertained to Yehudah, and came to Yerushalayim.
King James Version
And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
English Standard Version
And he took the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
New Century Version
Shishak captured the strong, walled cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
New English Translation
He captured the fortified cities of Judah and marched against Jerusalem.
Amplified Bible
Shishak took the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
New American Standard Bible
And he captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
World English Bible
He took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he tooke the strong cities which were of Iudah, and came vnto Ierusalem.
Legacy Standard Bible
And he captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
Berean Standard Bible
He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
Contemporary English Version
He captured every one of the fortified cities in Judah and then marched to Jerusalem.
Complete Jewish Bible
He captured the fortified cities of Y'hudah, then went to Yerushalayim.
Darby Translation
And he took the fortified cities that belonged to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
Easy-to-Read Version
Shishak defeated the strong cities of Judah. Then Shishak brought his army to Jerusalem.
George Lamsa Translation
And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
Good News Translation
He captured the fortified cities of Judah and advanced as far as Jerusalem.
Lexham English Bible
And he took the fortified cities that belonged to Judah, and he came up to Jerusalem.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and he wanne the stroge cities that were in Iuda, and came to Ierusalem.
American Standard Version
And he took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came unto Jerusalem.
Bible in Basic English
And he took the walled towns of Judah, and came as far as Jerusalem.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he toke the strong cities in Iuda, and came to Hierusalem.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came unto Jerusalem.
King James Version (1611)
And hee tooke the fenced cities which perteined to Iudah, and came to Ierusalem.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they obtained possession of the strong cities, which were in Juda, and came to Jerusalem.
English Revised Version
And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came unto Jerusalem.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he took ful stronge citees in Juda, and he cam `til to Jerusalem.
Update Bible Version
And he took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he took the fortified cities which [pertained] to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
New King James Version
And he took the fortified cities of Judah and came to Jerusalem.
New Living Translation
Shishak conquered Judah's fortified towns and then advanced to attack Jerusalem.
New Life Bible
He took the strong cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
New Revised Standard
He took the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he captured the cities of defence which belonged to Judah, - and came, as far as Jerusalem.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he took the strongest cities in Juda, and came to Jerusalem.
Revised Standard Version
And he took the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
Young's Literal Translation
and he captureth the cities of the bulwarks that [are] to Judah, and cometh in unto Jerusalem.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.

Contextual Overview

1 And it happened, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was settled, and when he was strong, he forsook the Law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him. 2 And it happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak the king of Egypt came against Jerusalem because they had acted unfaithfully against Jehovah. 3 He came with a thousand and two hundred chariots, and with sixty thousand horsemen. And there was no counting the people who came with him out of Egypt: Lubim, Sukkiim, and Ethiopians. 4 And he captured the cities of defense in Judah and came to Jerusalem. 5 And Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who had gathered to Jerusalem from the face of Shishak. And he said to them, So says Jehovah, You have forsaken Me; and I also have forsaken you in the hand of Shishak. 6 And the leaders of Israel and the king were humbled. And they said, Jehovah is righteous. 7 And when Jehovah saw that they were humbled, the Word of Jehovah came to Shemaiah, saying, They have been humbled. I will not destroy them, and I will give to them a little deliverance. And I will not pour out My fury on Jerusalem by the handof Shishak. 8 But they shall become his servants, and they shall know My service, and the service of the kingdoms of the lands. 9 And Shishak the king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house. He took all, and he took the golden shields that Solomon had made. 10 And King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place, and deposited them into the hand of the chiefs of the runners who kept the gate of the king's house.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the fenced: 2 Chronicles 11:5-12, Isaiah 36:1, Jeremiah 5:10

came: 2 Kings 18:17, Isaiah 8:8, Isaiah 10:11

Cross-References

Genesis 11:27
And these are the generations of Terah: Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran fathered Lot.
Genesis 11:31
And Terah took his son Abram, and Lot, Haran's son, his grandson and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife. And he went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan. And they came to Haran and lived there.
Hebrews 11:8
Having been called out by faith, Abraham obeyed to go forth to a place which he was going to receive for an inheritance; and he went out not understanding where he went.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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, 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 o relates, in which Judea may be included.

o Apud Joseph. contr. Apion. l. 1. c. 15.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See 1 the Kings 14:25 note.


 
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