John Gill Commentary 2 Chronicles 12:4

"And he took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came unto Jerusalem." — 2 Chronicles 12:4 (ASV)

And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah
Which Rehoboam had lately built, and placed his sons in them, (2 Chronicles 11:5–12 2 Chronicles 11:23) , 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 ^F15 relates, in which Judea may be included.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F15: Apud Joseph. contr. Apion. l. 1. c. 15.