2 Chronicles 12:4 meaning and explanation

He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 12:4, Berean Standard Bible

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The Chronicler narrates the invasion by Shishak, pharaoh of Egypt, in the fifth year of Rehoboam's reign. Because Rehoboam and Judah had forsaken the Law of the LORD, the fortified cities of Judah, the walled strongholds built for defense, fell one by one until the Egyptian army reached Jerusalem itself.

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