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2 Chronicles 12:4
And he took the strongest cities in Juda, and came to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 12:4 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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2 Chronicles 12:4 in other translations
And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
He took the fortified cities which belonged to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
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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.
7 And when the Lord saw that they were humbled, the word of the Lord came to Semeias, saying: Because they are humbled, I will not destroy them, and I will give them a little help, and my wrath shall not fall upon Jerusalem by the hand of Sesac.
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