4And he took the strongest cities in Juda, and came to Jerusalem.


In Context

1 And when the kingdom of Roboam was strengthened and fortified, he forsook the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.

2 And in the fifth year of the reign of Roboam, Sesac king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem (because they had sinned 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, to wit, Libyans, and Troglodites, and Ethiopians.

4 And he took the strongest cities in Juda, and came to Jerusalem.

5 And Semeias the prophet came to Roboam, and to the princes of Juda, that were gathered together in Jerusalem, fleeing from Sesac, and he said to them : Thus saith the Lord: You have left me, and I have left you in the hand of Sesac.

6 And the princes of Israel, and the king, being in a consternation, said: The Lord is just.

2 Chronicles 12:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:4And he took the fenced cities which [pertained] to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:4he captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:4And he took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came unto Jerusalem.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:4And he took the fortified cities that belonged to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:4And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came unto Jerusalem.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:4And he took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:4He took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:4and he captureth the cities of the bulwarks that are to Judah, and cometh in unto Jerusalem.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:4And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.