2 Chronicles 26:9
in 2 Chronicles 26Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the angle in the wall, and he fortified them.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.
KJV
Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 26
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem, &c.--whence resistance could be made, or missiles discharged against assailants. The sites of the principal of these towers were: at the corner gate (2Ch 25:23), the northwest corner of the city; at the valley gate on the west, where the Joppa gate now is; at the "turning"--a curve in the city wall on the eastern side of Zion.
This site's exposition
at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate
on 2 Chronicles 26:9-10
The building notice is Chronicles' own: towers at “the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the angle in the wall”. The reason given, that “he was a lover of the soil”, is a personal note that no other book of the Bible preserves.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Much of the wall of Jerusalem was in his father's time broken down, particularly at the corner gate. But his best fortification of Jerusalem was his close adherence to the worship of God: if his father had not forsaken this the wall of Jerusalem would not have been broken down.
Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate,....
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּ֨בֶן | vaiyiven | and he built | H1129 → | 376 times |
| עֻזִּיָּ֤הוּ | ʾuziyahu | Uzziah | H5818 → | 27 times |
| מִגְדָּלִים֙ | migdalim | towers | H4026 → | 48 times |
| בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם | birushalim | in Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | at | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| שַׁ֧עַר | shaar | [the] gate of | H8179 → | 374 times |
| הַפִּנָּ֛ה | hapinah | the corner | H6438 → | 29 times |
| וְעַל־ | veal- | and at | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| שַׁ֥עַר | shaar | [the] gate of | H8179 → | 374 times |
| הַגַּ֖יְא | hagay' | the valley | H1516 → | 59 times |
| וְעַל־ | veal- | and at | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַמִּקְצ֑וֹעַ | hamiktzoa' | the buttress | H4740 → | |
| וַֽיְחַזְּקֵֽם׃ | vaychazekem | and he made strong them | H2388 → | 291 times |
וַיִּ֨בֶןand he built
vaiyivenH1129 →376 times
עֻזִּיָּ֤הוּUzziah
ʾuziyahuH5818 →27 times
מִגְדָּלִים֙towers
migdalimH4026 →48 times
בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םin Jerusalem
birushalimH3389 →643 times
עַל־at
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
שַׁ֧עַר[the] gate of
shaarH8179 →374 times
הַפִּנָּ֛הthe corner
hapinahH6438 →29 times
וְעַל־and at
veal-H5921 →5755 times
שַׁ֥עַר[the] gate of
shaarH8179 →374 times
הַגַּ֖יְאthe valley
hagay'H1516 →59 times
וְעַל־and at
veal-H5921 →5755 times
הַמִּקְצ֑וֹעַthe buttress
hamiktzoa'H4740 →
וַֽיְחַזְּקֵֽם׃and he made strong them
vaychazekemH2388 →291 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Kings 14:13There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the…
it leads to
- Nehemiah 12:39
over the Gate of Ephraim, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate. And they stopped at the Gate of…
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Nehemiah 8:16
And the people went out, brought back branches, and made booths on their own rooftops, in their courtyards, in the court of the house of God, and in the squares by the Water Gate…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 31:38
“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when this city will be rebuilt for Me, from the tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Zechariah 14:10
All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the…
- Nehemiah 12:39
Through
Nehemiah 3:13The Valley Gate was repaired by Hanun and the residents of Zanoah. They rebuilt it, installed its doors, bolts, and bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Dung…
it leads to
- Nehemiah 2:13
So I went out at night through the Valley Gate toward the Well of the Serpent and the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and the…
- Nehemiah 2:13
Through
Zechariah 14:10All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the…
it leads to
- Joshua 15:32
Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon—twenty-nine cities in all, along with their villages.
- Zechariah 12:6
On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among the sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right…
- Joshua 15:32
Through
Nehemiah 3:32And between the upper room above the corner and the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and merchants made repairs.
it leads to
- Nehemiah 3:1
At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower…
- Nehemiah 3:1
Where this verse is studied
About 2 Chronicles

Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonDivided kingdom (c. 792-740 BC)UzziahJudah's powerful king (2 Chr 26), struck with leprosy for usurping the priesthood; the year of his death frames Isaiah's throne vi…
- PlaceJerusalemJerusalemThe city David took from the Jebusites and made his capital, where Solomon built the temple, where Christ was crucified and rose,…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and W. H. Bennett, The Books of Chronicles (Expositor's Bible).
