2 Chronicles 33:14

2 Chronicles 33:14 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)Afterward he rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David, west of the Gihon spring in the valley, as far as the entrance of the Fish Gate and encircling the hill of Ophel; he also made it much higher. He stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities in Judah.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Afterward he built an outer wall for the city of David west of Gihon, in the valley, and for the entrance into the Fish Gate, and carried it around Ophel, and raised it to a very great height. He also put commanders of the army in all the fortified cities in Judah.
• New King James Version (NKJV)After this he built a wall outside the City of David on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, as far as the entrance of the Fish Gate; and it enclosed Ophel, and he raised it to a very great height. Then he put military captains in all the fortified cities of Judah.

Context of 2 Chronicles 33:14

12This gave Manasseh a lot of pain. He asked the Lord his God to be kind to him. He made himself humble and he prayed for help to the Lord, the God of his ancestors. 13When Manasseh prayed to the Lord, the Lord answered him. He was kind to Manasseh, as Manasseh had asked him to be. So the Lord brought Manasseh back to Jerusalem again, to rule there as king. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord is the true God. After 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. 15Manasseh removed from the Lord's temple the foreign gods and the idol that he had put there. He also removed the altars that he had built on the hill of the temple and in other places in Jerusalem. He threw them away, outside the city. 16Then he repaired the Lord's altar in the temple. He brought friendship offerings and thank offerings as sacrifices on the altar. He told Judah's people to worship the Lord, Israel's God.

2 Chronicles 33:14 word by word

וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵ֡ן בָּנָ֣ה חוֹמָ֣ה חִֽיצוֹנָ֣ה׀ לְעִיר־דָּוִ֡יד מַעְרָבָה֩ לְגִיח֨וֹן בַּנַּ֜חַל וְלָב֨וֹא בְשַׁ֤עַר הַדָּגִים֙ וְסָבַ֣ב לָעֹ֔פֶל וַיַּגְבִּיהֶ֖הָ מְאֹ֑ד וַיָּ֧שֶׂם שָֽׂרֵי־חַ֛יִל בְּכָל־הֶעָרִ֥ים הַבְּצֻר֖וֹת בִּיהוּדָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Now after thisאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• he builtבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• a wallחוֹמָהchômâh · wallH2346
• withoutחִיצוֹןchîytsôn · outerH2435
• the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• of Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• on the west sideמַעֲרָבma‛ărâb ma‛ărâbâh · westH4628
• of Gihonגִּיחוֹןgîychôn gichôn · GihonH1521
• in the valleyנַ֫חַלnachal nachlâh nachălâh · torrent: valleyH5158
• even to the entering inבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): towardsH935
• at the fishדָּגdâg dâ'g · Fish (Gate)H1709
• gateשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• and compassedסָבַבsâbab · to turn: surroundH5437
• about Ophelעֹ֫פֶל‛ôphel · OphelH6077
• and raised it upגָּבַהּgâbahh · be highH1361
• a very great heightמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• and putשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• captainsשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
• of warחַ֫יִלchayil · armyH2428
• in all the fencedבָּצַרbâtsar · to gather/restrain/fortifyH1219
• of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 33:14

• 2 Chronicles 32:5King Hezekiah's men worked hard to repair the city's walls where they had broken. Hezekiah built towers on the walls. He also built another wall outside the first wall. He made the Millo around the City of David stronger, too. He also made many weapons and shields.
• 2 Chronicles 32:30Hezekiah had stopped the water coming out from the higher spring at Gihon. Instead, he caused the water to go down to the west side of the City of David. Hezekiah was successful in all the things that he did.
• 1 Kings 1:33The king said to them, ‘Take my officers with you and put my son Solomon on my own mule. Then lead him down to Gihon, as he rides on the mule.
• Nehemiah 3:3The clan of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate. They put up the beams and they fixed its doors in their place. They made wooden bars and iron bars so that they could lock the doors.
• Nehemiah 12:39Then we went over the Gate of Ephraim and over the Jeshanah Gate. We went along to the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, the Tower of the Hundred and the Sheep Gate. We stopped at the Gate of the Guards.
• Zephaniah 1:10The Lord says, ‘On that day you will hear the noise of people who are shouting from one gate of the city. It is the gate called the Fish Gate. And there will be sad sounds from the next gate. There will be loud noises from the hills.
• 2 Chronicles 27:3Jotham built the Higher Gate of the Lord's temple. He also did a lot of work to repair the city wall near Ophel hill.
• 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.
• 2 Chronicles 11:11He made their buildings stronger. He put important officers in them to rule over them. He stored food, olive oil and wine in them.
• 2 Chronicles 17:19All these men served as the king's soldiers in Jerusalem. He also had soldiers that he put in Judah's other strong cities.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 33:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14He 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.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Rather, “he built the outer wall of the city of David on the west of Gihon-in-the-valley.” The wall intended seems to have been that toward the northeast, which ran from the vicinity of the modern Damascus gate across the valley of Gihon, to the “fish-gate” at the northeast corner of the “city of David.” We may gather from this verse that, late in his reign, Manasseh revolted from the Assyrians, and made preparations to resist them if they should attack…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-17Manasseh might have been fixing the walls when he was captured. His religious reforms were like Hezekiah's but not finished. Later, Josiah removed the temple altars that Manasseh had built (2 Kings 23:12).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. he built a wall without the city ... on the west side of Gihon ... even to the entering in at the fish gate--"The well-ascertained position of the fish gate, shows that the valley of Gihon could be no other than that leading northwest of Damascus gate, and gently descending southward, uniting with the Tyropoeon at the northeast corner of Mount Zion, where the latter turns at right angles and runs towards Siloam. The wall thus built by Manasseh on the…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 33:14

• Fish Gate
• Gihon
• Hezekiah
• Influence
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jerusalem
• Manasseh
• Ophel
• Revivals

In the dictionaries

• David
• Judah
• City of David
• Judah, kingdom of Judah
• Judea, Judah
• Fenced cities
• Fish Gate
• Fish
• Gihon
• Jerusalem

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 33

• 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