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2 Chronicles 27

2 Chron. 27:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Moreover 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
cities
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
in the mountains
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
of Judah
Yhuwdah (Hebrew #3063)
celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
KJV usage: Judah.
Pronounce: yeh-hoo-daw'
Origin: from 3034
, and in the forests
choresh (Hebrew #2793)
a forest (perhaps as furnishing the material for fabric)
KJV usage: bough, forest, shroud, wood.
Pronounce: kho'-resh
Origin: from 2790
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
castles
biyraniyth (Hebrew #1003)
a fortress
KJV usage: castle.
Pronounce: bee-raw-neeth'
Origin: from 1002
and towers
migdal (Hebrew #4026)
from 1431; a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers
KJV usage: castle, flower, tower. Compare the names following.
Pronounce: mig-dawl'
Origin: also (in plural) feminine migdalah {mig-daw- law'}
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Cross References

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he built cities.
2 Chron. 11:5‑10• 5And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.
 6He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
 7And Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam,
 8And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
 9And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
 10And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities. (2 Chron. 11:5‑10)
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2 Chron. 14:7• 7Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the Lord our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered. (2 Chron. 14:7)
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2 Chron. 26:9‑10• 9Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.
 10Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry. (2 Chron. 26:9‑10)
the mountains.
Josh. 14:12‑13• 12Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the Lord spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the Lord will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the Lord said.
 13And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance. (Josh. 14:12‑13)
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Luke 1:39• 39And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; (Luke 1:39)
castles and towers.These castles and towers he doubtless built built for the protection of the country people against marauders.

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.