He took the fortified cities which belonged to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
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He took the fortified cities which belonged to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
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And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
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And he took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came unto Jerusalem.
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 12:4 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Chronicles 11:5-12 Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah. He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, Beth Zur, Soco, Adullam, Gath, Mareshah, Ziph, Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah, Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, which are fortified cities in Judah and in Benjamin. He fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of food, oil and wine. He put shields and spears in every city, and made them exceedingly strong. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
- 2 Kings 18:17 The king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army to Jerusalem. They went up and came to Jerusalem. When they had come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.
- Isaiah 8:8 It will sweep onward into Judah. It will overflow and pass through. It will reach even to the neck. The stretching out of its wings will fill the width of your land, Immanuel.
- Isaiah 10:11 shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
- Isaiah 36:1 Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all of the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.
- Jeremiah 5:10 “Go up on her walls, and destroy; but don’t make a full end. Take away her branches, for they are not Yahweh’s.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 12:4 And he took the fenced cities which…
2Ch 12:4 And he took the fenced cities which [pertained] to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
Ver. 4. And he took the fenced cities.] There is no fence against God; no shielding ourselves against his fire. The Turks do so in Hungary and other parts of Christendom for the punishment of Popish artolatry and other abominations.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he took the fenced cities which pertained to…
And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah,.... Which Rehoboam had lately built, and placed his sons in them, Ch2 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.
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(o) Apud Joseph. contr. Apion. l. 1. c. 15.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain See 1 the Kings 14:25 note.
See 1 the Kings 14:25 note.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 4. the fenced cities] Cp. 2Ch_11:5.
4. the fenced cities] Cp. 2Ch_11:5.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (4) He took the fenced cities.—Those very cities which…
(4) He took the fenced cities.—Those very cities which Rehoboam had fortified as bulwarks against Egypt (2Ch_11:5-12). Fourteen names of cities have disappeared from the Karnak inscription, but Socho, Adoraim, and Ajalon, are still read there.
Came to (so far as to) Jerusalem.—Comp. Isa_36:1-2. The verse is not in Kings. Thenius (on 1Ki_14:26) says that the chronicler has here made use of “really historical notices.” It is self-evident.
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