2 Chronicles 27:3 BSB

2 Chronicles 27:3

Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he worked extensively on the wall at the hill of Ophel.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

KJV

He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

He built the high gate in the house of the Lord,.... See the note on 2Ki 15:35. and on the wall of Ophel he built much; which Kimchi interprets an high place; it was the eastern part of Mount Zion. Josephus (f) calls it Ophlas, and says it joined to the eastern porch of the temple; and some have thought the porch of the temple is meant; the Targum renders it a palace; it is a tradition of the Jews that it was the holy of holies (g). (f) De Bell. Jud. l. 5. c. 4. sect. 2. (g) Vid.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Ophel was the name given to the long, narrowish, rounded spur or promontory, which intervenes between the central valley of Jerusalem (the Tyropoeon) and the Kidron, or valley of Jehoshaphat. The anxiety of Uzziah and Jotham to fortify their territory indicates a fear of external attack, which at this time was probably felt mainly in connection with Samaria and Syria (2Ki 15:37 note). The faithless trust put in fortifications was rebuked by the prophets of the time Hos 8:14; Isa 2:15.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ה֗וּא	Hu'	he	H1931 →
בָּנָ֛ה	ba.Nah	he built	H1129 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
שַׁ֥עַר	Sha.'ar	[the] gate of	H8179 →
בֵּית־	beit-	[the] house of	H1004 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
הָעֶלְי֑וֹן	ha.'el.Yon	<the> upper	H5945 →
וּבְחוֹמַ֥ת	u.ve.cho.Mat	and on [the] wall of	H2346 →
הָעֹ֛פֶל	ha.'O.fel	<the> Ophel	H6077 →
בָּנָ֖ה	ba.Nah	he built	H1129 →
לָרֹֽב׃	la.Ro	to abundance	H7230 →

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Jeremiah 20:2
he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
leads to
- Jeremiah 37:13
  But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”
- Jeremiah 1:19
  They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 16:10
  Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.
- 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…
Through
2 Chronicles 33:14
After this, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate, and he brought it around the hill of…
leads to
- 1 Kings 1:33
  “Take my servants with you,” said the king. “Set my son Solomon on my own mule and take him down to Gihon.
- Nehemiah 3:3
  The Fish Gate was rebuilt by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
- 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…
Through
2 Chronicles 23:20
He also took with him the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the…
leads to
- 2 Kings 11:19
  He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the…

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