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2 Chronicles 27:3

Ophel

1 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerushah daughter of Zadok.

2 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still behaved corruptly.

Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he worked extensively on the wall at the hill of Ophel.

4 He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.

5 Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them, and that year they gave him a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years.

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BSB
Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he worked extensively on the wall at the hill of Ophel.
KJV
He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
WEB
He built the upper gate of the LORD’s house, and he built much on the wall of Ophel.
ASV
He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
DARBY
It was he who built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
BLB
He built the Upper Gate of the house of YHWH, and in the Wall of Ophel he built extensively.
ÅB
Han bygget den øvre port til Herrens hus, og på Ofel-muren bygget han meget.
OTB
Han bygde den øvre porten til Herrens hus, og han forsterket betydelig muren i Ofel.
B1930
Han bygget den øvre port til Herrens hus, og på Ofel-muren bygget han meget.

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  • 2 Chronicles 33:14

    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.

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  • Nehemiah 3:26–27

    and the temple servants living on the hill of Ophel made repairs opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the tower that juts out.

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  • 2 Chronicles 23:20

    He also took with him the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace through the Upper Gate. They seated King Joash on the royal throne,

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  • Jeremiah 20:2

    he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.

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