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2 Chronicles 12:4

Jerusalem

2 And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD,

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.

And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.

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.

6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.

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BSB
He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
KJV
And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
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.
DARBY
And he took the fortified cities that belonged to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
BLB
And he took the fortified cities that [were] unto Judah, and he came to Jerusalem.
ÅB
Han inntok de faste byer i Juda og kom like til Jerusalem.
OTB
Han tok de befestede byene i Juda og fortsatte mot Jerusalem.
B1930
Han inntok de faste byer i Juda og kom like til Jerusalem.

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Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 11:5–12

    And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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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