Catholic Public Domain Version
"And he seized the most fortified cities in Judah, and he went even to Jerusalem. "
— 2 Chronicles 12:4, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.”
“And he took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came unto Jerusalem. ”
“He took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.”
“He captured the fortified cities of Judah and marched against Jerusalem.”
“And he took the strongest cities in Juda, and came to Jerusalem.”
“And he took the walled towns of Judah, and came as far as Jerusalem.”
“And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.”
And when the kingdom of Rehoboam had been strengthened and fortified, he abandoned the law of the Lord, and all of Israel with him.
Then, in the fifth year of the reign of Rehoboam, Shishak, the king of Egypt, ascended against Jerusalem (for they had sinned against the Lord)
with one thousand two hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen. And the common people could not be numbered who had arrived with him from Egypt, namely, the Libyans, and the Troglodytes, and the Ethiopians.
And he seized the most fortified cities in Judah, and he went even to Jerusalem.
Then Shemaiah, the prophet, entered to Rehoboam, and to the leaders of Judah who had gathered together in Jerusalem while fleeing from Shishak, and he said to them: “Thus says the Lord: You have abandoned me, and so I have abandoned you into the hand of Shishak.”
And the leaders of Israel, and the king, being in consternation, said, “The Lord is just.”
And when the Lord had seen that they were humbled, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying: “Because they have been humbled, I will not disperse them. And I will give to them a little help, and my fury will not rain down upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.