2 Chronicles 17:12 BSB

2 Chronicles 17:12

Jehoshaphat grew stronger and stronger, and he built fortresses and store cities in Judah

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles and cities of store.

KJV

And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.

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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly,.... In wealth and riches, power and authority, in his forces and fortifications: and he built in Judah castles, and cities of stores; castles for the defence of his kingdom, and store cities to lay up corn, and wine, and all provisions, in case of an invasion, or against a time of war.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִ֧י	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
יְהוֹשָׁפָ֛ט	ye.ho.sha.Fat	Jehoshaphat	H3092 →
הֹלֵ֥ךְ	ho.Lekh	[was] going	H1980 →
וְגָדֵ֖ל	ve.ga.Del	and [was] becoming great	H1432 →
עַד־	'ad-	to	H5704 →
לְמָ֑עְלָה	le.Ma.'e.lah	<to> upwards <towards>	H4605 →
וַיִּ֧בֶן	vai.Yi.ven	and he built	H1129 →
בִּֽיהוּדָ֛ה	bi.hu.Dah	in Judah	H3063 →
בִּירָנִיּ֖וֹת	bi.ra.ni.Yot	fortresses	H1003 →
וְעָרֵ֥י	ve.'a.Rei	and cities of	H5892 →
מִסְכְּנֽוֹת׃	mis.ke.Not	storage	H4543 →

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The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Chronicles 32:5
Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City…
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 25:23
  There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz. Then Jehoash brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from…
- 1 Kings 9:24
  As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her, he built the supporting terraces.
- Isaiah 22:9–10
  You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. You collected water from the lower pool.
- 2 Samuel 5:9
  So David took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built it up all the way around, from the supporting terraces inward.
- 2 Kings 25:4
  Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden.…
Through
2 Chronicles 27:4
He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.
leads to
- Luke 1:39
  In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,
- Joshua 14:12–13
  Now therefore give me this hill country that the LORD promised me on that day, for you yourself heard then that the Anakim were there, with great and fortified cities. Perhaps with the LORD’s…
- 2 Chronicles 11:5–10
  Rehoboam continued to live in Jerusalem, and he built up cities for defense in Judah.