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2 Chronicles 33:14

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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 Ophel and heightened it considerably. He also stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Now after this he built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance at the fish gate; and he compassed Ophel about with it, and raised it up to a very great height: and he put valiant captains in all the fortified cities of Judah.

KJV

Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.

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This verse in 2 Chronicles 33

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

He built a wall - This was probably a weak place that he fortified; or a part of the wall which the Assyrians had broken down, which he now rebuilt.

This site's exposition

on the west side of Gihon

The wall Manasseh builds outside the city of David, west of Gihon and around Ophel, and the captains he sets in Judah's fenced cities belong to Chronicles alone; Kings never mentions them. The building project reads as the reform's practical half, a king strengthening the kingdom he had nearly lost to Assyria rather than only restoring worship. Adam Clarke reads the wall as repair of a breach the Assyrians themselves had made.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

of Gihon in the valley beside the valley of Gihon, the name of a place.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Chronicles 33:14:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
and he cast them outside but he neither broke them nor hid them from the eye.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Chronicles 33:15:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

24 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְאַחֲרֵי־and after

    veacharei-H310 →715 times

  • כֵ֡ןthus

    khenH3651 →771 times

  • בָּנָ֣הhe rebuilt

    banahH1129 →376 times

  • חוֹמָ֣ה[the] wall

    chomahH2346 →133 times

  • חִֽיצוֹנָ֣ה׀outer

    chitzonahH2435 →

  • לְעִיר־of [the] city of

    leir-H5892 →1090 times

  • דָּוִ֡ידDavid

    davidH1732 →999 times

  • מַעְרָבָה֩west -ward

    ma'ravahH4628 →

  • לְגִיח֨וֹןof Gihon

    legichonH1521 →

  • בַּנַּ֜חַלin the wadi

    banachalH5158 →141 times

  • וְלָב֨וֹאand to go

    velavo'H935 →2568 times

  • בְשַׁ֤עַרin [the] gate of

    veshaarH8179 →374 times

  • הַדָּגִים֙the fish

    hadagimH1709 →

  • וְסָבַ֣בand he went around

    vesavavH5437 →161 times

  • לָעֹ֔פֶל<to> the Ophel

    laofelH6077 →

  • וַיַּגְבִּיהֶ֖הָand he made high it

    vaiyagbihehaH1361 →34 times

  • מְאֹ֑דvery

    meodH3966 →300 times

  • וַיָּ֧שֶׂםand he put

    vaiyasemH7760 →584 times

  • שָֽׂרֵי־commanders of

    sarei-H8269 →421 times

  • חַ֛יִל[the] army

    chayilH2428 →246 times

  • בְּכָל־in all

    bekholH3605 →5413 times

  • הֶעָרִ֥יםthe cities

    hearimH5892 →1090 times

  • הַבְּצֻר֖וֹת<the> fortified

    habetzurotH1219 →37 times

  • בִּיהוּדָֽה׃in Judah

    bihudahH3063 →819 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

12 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Zephaniah 1:10On that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills.6 works1 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.5 worksNehemiah 3:3The Fish Gate was rebuilt by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.5 works2 Chronicles 27:3Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he worked extensively on the wall at the hill of Ophel.5 worksNehemiah 12:39over 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 the Guard.4 worksNehemiah 3:26and the temple servants living on the hill of Ophel made repairs opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the tower that juts out.3 works
The other 6 cross-references, with their words ▾
1 Kings 1:45Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there with rejoicing that rings out in the city. That is the noise you hear.2 works2 Chronicles 11:11–12He strengthened their fortresses and put officers in them, with supplies of food, oil, and wine.2 works2 Chronicles 17:19These were the men who served the king, besides those he stationed in the fortified cities throughout Judah.2 works2 Chronicles 32:5Then 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 of David, and he produced an abundance of weapons and shields.2 works2 Chronicles 32:30It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.2 worksEzekiel 21:20Mark out one road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites, and another against Judah into fortified Jerusalem.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    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…

    it leads to

    • Nehemiah 3:3

      The Fish Gate was rebuilt by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Nehemiah 3:6

      The Jeshanah Gate was repaired by Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 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 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…

    • Nehemiah 3:25

      and Palal son of Uzai made repairs opposite the angle and the tower that juts out from the upper palace of the king near the courtyard of the guard. Next to him, Pedaiah son…

  • Through

    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.

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 32:30

      It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.

  • Through

    Nehemiah 3:3

    The Fish Gate was rebuilt by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.

    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…

  • Through

    Zephaniah 1:10

    On that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills.

    it leads to

    • Amos 8:3

      “In that day,” declares the Lord GOD, “the songs of the temple will turn to wailing. Many will be the corpses, strewn in silence everywhere!”

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Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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