2 Chronicles 12:4
And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 12:4 in other translations
| BSB | He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem. |
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| WEB | He took the fortified cities which belonged to Judah, and came to Jerusalem. |
| ASV | And he took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came unto Jerusalem. |
| YLT | and he captureth the cities of the bulwarks that are to Judah, and cometh in unto Jerusalem. |
| DARBY | And he took the fortified cities that belonged to Judah, and came to Jerusalem. |
| BBE | And he took the walled towns of Judah, and came as far as Jerusalem. |
| Webster | And he took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem. |
What does 2 Chronicles 12:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 12:3-5
3-5. 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…
2 Chronicles 12:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 12:4
- 2 Chronicles 11:5-12
And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah. He built even Beth–lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, And Beth–zur, and Shoco, and Adullam, And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph, …
- Isaiah 8:8
And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
- Jeremiah 5:10
Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord’s.
- Isaiah 36:1
Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them.
- 2 Kings 18:17
And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab–shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.
- Isaiah 10:11
Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
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Context
- 2 Chronicles 12:3
With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
- 2 Chronicles 12:4
And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 12:5
Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the Lord, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
2 Chronicles 12:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y tomó las ciudades fuertes de Judá, y llegó hasta Jerusalem. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et il prit les villes fortes qui étaient à Juda, et vint jusqu’à Jérusalem. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er nahm die festen Städte ein, die Juda gehörten, und kam bis nach Jerusalem. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cepitque civitates munitissimas in Juda, et venit usque in Jerusalem. |