2 Chronicles 12:4

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

Cross-references

2 Chronicles 11:5–12 Historical context

In 2 Chronicles 11:5-12, Rehoboam fortifies those very cities — which are now being captured by Shishak in this verse.

2 Kings 18:17 describes the Assyrian army's approach to Jerusalem, a later siege that echoes the same military threat against Judah's fortified cities.

Isaiah 10:11 has the Assyrian king boasting he will destroy Jerusalem's idols as he did Samaria's, echoing the same conquest pattern against fortified cities.

Isaiah 36:1 Parallel

Isaiah 36:1 records Sennacherib's later invasion of Judah, mirroring the same pattern of fortified cities being captured by foreign kings.