Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And he took the walled towns of Judah, and came as far as Jerusalem.
New American Standard Bible
He captured
King James Version
And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
Holman Bible
He captured the fortified cities
International Standard Version
Shishak captured the fortified cities of Judah and invaded as far as Jerusalem.
A Conservative Version
And he took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
American Standard Version
And he took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came unto Jerusalem.
Amplified
Shishak took the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
Darby Translation
And he took the fortified cities that belonged to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will take fortified cities which were to Judah and he will come even to Jerusalem.
King James 2000
And he took the fortified cities which belonged to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he took the fortified cities that belonged to Judah, and he came up to Jerusalem.
Modern King James verseion
And he took the fortified cities in Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And they took the strong cities that were in Judah and came to Jerusalem.
NET Bible
He captured the fortified cities of Judah and marched against Jerusalem.
New Heart English Bible
He took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
The Emphasized Bible
And he captured the cities of defence which belonged to Judah, - and came, as far as Jerusalem.
Webster
And he took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
World English Bible
He took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
Youngs Literal Translation
and he captureth the cities of the bulwarks that are to Judah, and cometh in unto Jerusalem.
Themes
Egyptians » Invade the land of israel » Under shishak
Jerusalem » Calamities of, mentioned » Taken and plundered by shishak
Kings » Who reigned over judah » Rehoboam (latter part of his reign)
Rehoboam » Invaded by the king of egypt and plundered
Repentance » Instances of » Rehoboam, when his kingdom was invaded, and jerusalem was besieged
Interlinear
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 12:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Shishak Of Egypt Invades Jerusalem
3 With twelve hundred war-carriages and sixty thousand horsemen: and the people who came with him out of Egypt were more than might be numbered: Lubim and Sukkiim and Ethiopians. 4 And he took the walled towns of Judah, and came as far as Jerusalem. 5 Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the chiefs of Judah, who had come together in Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, The Lord has said, Because you have given me up, I have given you up into the hands of Shishak.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 11:5-12
Now Rehoboam kept in Jerusalem, building walled towns in Judah.
2 Kings 18:17
Then the king of Assyria sent the Tartan and the Rab-saris and the Rab-shakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem, to King Hezekiah, with a strong force. And they went up and came to Jerusalem, and took up their position by the stream of the higher pool, by the highway of the washerman's field.
Isaiah 8:8
And it will come on into Judah; rushing on and overflowing, till the waters are up to the neck; *** and his outstretched wings will be covering the land from side to side: for God is with us.
Isaiah 10:11
So, as I have done to Samaria and her images, I will do to Jerusalem and her images.
Isaiah 36:1
And it came about in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah that Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came up against all the walled towns of Judah and took them.
Jeremiah 5:10
Go up against her vines and make waste; let the destruction be complete: take away her branches, for they are not the Lord's.