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

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

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

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

And he took the walled towns of Judah, and came as far as Jerusalem.

And he seized the most fortified cities in Judah, and he went even to Jerusalem.

See 1 the Kings 14:25 note.

And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah,.... Which Rehoboam had lately built, and placed his sons in them, 2-Chronicles 11:5, these he took without any opposition:
and came to Jerusalem; there being no army to oppose him; and so Sesostris took many countries without fighting, and among the rest Phoenicia, as Manetho (o) relates, in which Judea may be included.
(o) Apud Joseph. contr. Apion. l. 1. c. 15.

After the capture of the fenced cities of Judah, he marched against Jerusalem. - 2-Chronicles 12:5. Then the prophet Shemaiah announced to the king and the princes, who had retired to Jerusalem before Shishak, that the Lord had given them into the power of Shishak because they had forsaken Him. בּיד עזב, forsaken and given over into the hand of Shishak. When the king and the priests immediately humbled themselves before God, acknowledging the righteousness of the Lord, the prophet announced to them further that the Lord would not destroy them since they had humbled themselves, but would give them deliverance in a little space. כּמעט, according to a little, i.e., in a short time. פּליטה is accusative after ונתתּי. My anger shall not pour itself out upon Jerusalem. The pouring out of anger is the designation of an exterminating judgment; cf. 2-Chronicles 34:25.