Shishak conquered Judah’s fortified towns and then advanced to attack Jerusalem.
Parallel translations
- WEB He took the fortified cities which belonged to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
- KJV And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
- BSB He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
- NKJV And he took the fortified cities of Judah and came to Jerusalem.
- NASB And he captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
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Shishak captures Judah's fortified cities and advances to Jerusalem. The defenses Rehoboam built prove powerless against God's judgment.
Overview
The very strongholds Rehoboam had so carefully fortified (ch. 11) fall before the Egyptian army. The Chronicler shows that no human security can stand when God's protection is withdrawn because of sin. Judah's only hope lies not in walls but in returning to the LORD.
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Cross-references · 6
- 2 Chr 11:5–12Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.
- 2 Kgs 18:17The 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.
- Jer 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.
- Isa 10:11shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
- Isa 8:8It will sweep onward into Judah. It will overflow and pass through; it will reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of its wings will fill the width of your land, Immanuel.
- Isa 36:1Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all of the fortified cities of Judah, and captured them.
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