2 Chronicles 27:3

2 Chronicles 27:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
• New International Version (NIV)Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the temple of the Lord and did extensive work on the wall at the hill of Ophel.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He built the upper gate of the house of the Lord and did much building on the wall of Ophel.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He built the Upper Gate of the house of the Lord, and he built extensively on the wall of Ophel.

Context of 2 Chronicles 27:3

1Jotham was 25 years old when he became king. He ruled Judah as king in Jerusalem for 16 years. His mother's name was Jerusha. She was Zadok's daughter. 2Jotham did things that the Lord said were good, as his father Uzziah had done. But he did not try to go into the Lord's temple and offer incense, as his father had done. But the people continued to do bad things. Jotham built the Higher Gate of the Lord's temple. He also did a lot of work to repair the city wall near Ophel hill. 4He built towns in the hill country of Judah. He also built strong buildings and towers in the forests. 5Jotham took his army to attack the king of Ammon. He won the battle against them. That year, the Ammonites gave to him 3,400 kilograms of silver. They also gave him 2,200 kilolitres of wheat and 2,200 kilolitres of barley. The Ammonites paid Jotham the same amount for each of the next two years.

2 Chronicles 27:3 word by word

ה֗וּא בָּנָ֛ה אֶת־שַׁ֥עַר בֵּית־יְהוָ֖ה הָעֶלְי֑וֹן וּבְחוֹמַ֥ת הָעֹ֛פֶל בָּנָ֖ה לָרֹֽב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He builtבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• the highעֶלְיוֹן‛elyôn · highH5945
• gateשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• of the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• and on the wallחוֹמָהchômâh · wallH2346
• of Ophelעֹ֫פֶל‛ôphel · OphelH6077
• muchרֹבrôb · abundanceH7230

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 27:3

• 2 Chronicles 23:20Jehoiada called together the officers of army groups, the important men, the government officers and all the other people. Jehoiada led them all to bring the king down from the Lord's temple into the palace. They went into the palace through the Higher Gate. They put Joash on the royal throne as king.
• Jeremiah 20:2So he told his men to beat Jeremiah. Then they tied Jeremiah up with heavy pieces of wood on his legs. That was at the Benjamin Gate of the Lord's temple.
• 2 Chronicles 33:14After that, Manasseh repaired the outside wall of the City of David. He built it higher, from the west side of Gihon stream, as far as the Fish Gate. Then he continued around Ophel hill. He built the wall up higher than it had been. He also put army officers with their soldiers in all the strong cities of Judah.
• Nehemiah 3:26repaired the next part of the wall, towards the east. The temple servants who lived on Ophel Hill worked with them. They repaired the wall as far as the Water Gate and the tower which stands there.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 27:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3On the wall of Ophel - The wall, says the Targum, of the interior palace. Ophel was some part of the wall of Jerusalem, that was most pregnable, and therefore Jotham fortified it in a particular manner.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Ophel 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 (2 Kings 15:37 note). The faithless trust put in fortifications was rebuked by the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4Jotham continued the restoration work started by his father, Uzziah. He built fortresses and towers in the forests. These served as lookouts and highway defenses within the kingdom and on the frontier.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. He built the high gate of the house of the Lord--situated on the north--that portion of the temple hill which was high compared with the southern part--hence "the higher," or upper gate (see on 2Ki 15:35). He built, that is, repaired or embellished. and on the wall of Ophel--Hebrew, "the Ophel," that is, the mound, or eminence on the southeastern slope of the temple mount, a ridge lying between the valleys Kedron and Tyropoeon, called "the lower city"…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 27:3

• Jerusalem
• Ophel

In the dictionaries

• Jerusalem
• Ophel
• Fortification; Fort; Fortified Cities; Fortress
• Jotham
• Temple
• Uzziah; (azariah)
• Zion

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings