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New King James Version

2 Chronicles 12:4

And he took the fortified cities of 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.
Literal Translation
And he captured the cities of defense in Judah and came 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 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 1 Kings 14:25-28">[xr] Now it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom and had strengthened himself, that he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel along with him. 2 And it happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD, 3 with twelve hundred chariots, sixty thousand horsemen, and people without number who came with him out of Egypt--the Lubim and the Sukkiim and the Ethiopians. 4 And he took the fortified cities of Judah and came to Jerusalem. 5 Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah, who were gathered together in Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, "Thus says the LORD: "You have forsaken Me, and therefore I also have left you in the hand of Shishak."' 6 So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, "The LORD is righteous." 7 Now when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, "They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance. My wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak. 8 Nevertheless they will be his servants, that they may distinguish My service from the service of the kingdoms of the nations." 9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king's house; he took everything. He also carried away the gold shields which Solomon had made. 10 Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who guarded the doorway 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
This is the genealogy of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran begot Lot.
Genesis 11:31
And Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there.
Hebrews 11:8
Genesis 15:1-6; 21:1-7">[xr] By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.

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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