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2 Chronicles 27

2 Chron. 27:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He built
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
the high
'elyown (Hebrew #5945)
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
KJV usage: (Most, on) high(-er, -est), upper(-most).
Pronounce: el-yone'
Origin: from 5927
gate
sha`ar (Hebrew #8179)
an opening, i.e. door or gate
KJV usage: city, door, gate, port (X -er).
Pronounce: shah'-ar
Origin: from 8176 in its original sense
of the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, and on the wall
chowmah (Hebrew #2346)
a wall of protection
KJV usage: wall, walled.
Pronounce: kho-maw'
Origin: feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join
of βOphel
`Ophel (Hebrew #6077)
Ophel, a ridge in Jerusalem
KJV usage: Ophel.
Pronounce: o'-fel
Origin: the same as 6076
he built
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
much
rob (Hebrew #7230)
abundance (in any respect)
KJV usage: abundance(- antly), all, X common (sort), excellent, great(-ly, -ness, number), huge, be increased, long, many, more in number, most, much, multitude, plenty(-ifully), X very (age).
Pronounce: robe
Origin: from 7231
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the tower,
2 Chron. 33:14• 14Now 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. (2 Chron. 33:14)
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Neh. 3:26‑27• 26Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.
 27After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel. (Neh. 3:26‑27)
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Gate,
House,
Ophel,
Walls

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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high gate.
2 Chron. 23:20• 20And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the Lord: and they came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom. (2 Chron. 23:20)
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Jer. 20:2• 2Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the Lord. (Jer. 20:2)
Ophel.
or, the tower."The wall," says the Targum, "of the interior palace." {Ophel} appears to have been a tower, or fort, on the city wall, in which we read "the Nehthinim dwelt."
2 Chron. 33:14• 14Now 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. (2 Chron. 33:14)
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Neh. 3:26‑27• 26Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.
 27After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel. (Neh. 3:26‑27)
• Jotham's godliness is shown in a very interesting way in the defense of the house of God. Uzziah (2 Chron. 26:9) had built towers to protect the city; Jotham built towers to protect the temple.... Ophel, situated in the southwest of Jerusalem, connected the king's gardens, etc. with the temple. (“Jotham: 2 Chronicles 27” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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It was he who built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of Opheld he built much.

JND Translation Notes

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Portion of Jerusalem lying south-west of the temple mount.