2 Chronicles 12:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּלְכֹּ֛ד אֶת־עָרֵ֥י הַמְּצֻר֖וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר לִֽיהוּדָ֑ה וַיָּבֹ֖א עַד־יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃ ס

Transliteration

wa-yilkōḏ 'eṯ-cities of the məṣûrôṯ which to-yəhûḏāh wa-yāḇō' up-to-yərûšālāim

Grammar Details

*wa-yilkōḏ*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he captured
*'eṯ*: direct object marker
*'ārê*: noun feminine plural construct - cities of
*ha-məṣûrôṯ*: definite article + noun feminine plural - the fortifications/fortified places
*'ăšer*: relative particle - which
*li-yəhûḏāh*: preposition + proper noun - to/for/belonging to Judah
*wa-yāḇō'*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he came
*'aḏ*: preposition - up to/as far as
*yərûšālāim*: proper noun - Jerusalem

Word Meanings

*yilkōḏ*: captured/seized/took
*məṣûrôṯ*: fortifications/fortified places/strongholds

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 11:5-9 : 5 And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah. 6 He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, 7 And Bethzur, and Shoco, and Adullam, 8 And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph, 9 And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, 10 And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities. 11 And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine. 12 And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
Isa 8:8 : 8 And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
Isa 10:11 : 11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
Isa 36:1 : 1 Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them.
Jer 5:10 : 10 Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD'S.
2 Kgs 18:17 : 17 And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field.

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