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2 Chronicles 27:4

Judah

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.

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

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.

6 So Jotham grew powerful because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.

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BSB
He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.
KJV
Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
WEB
Moreover he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forests he built fortresses and towers.
ASV
Moreover he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
DARBY
And he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
BLB
And he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forests he built fortresses and towers.
ÅB
Han bygget også byer i Judafjellene, og i skogene bygget han borger og tårn.
OTB
Dessuten bygde han byer i fjellandet i Juda, og han bygde festninger og tårn i de skogkledde områdene.
B1930
Han bygget også byer i Judafjellene, og i skogene bygget han borger og tårn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 11:5–10

    Rehoboam continued to live in Jerusalem, and he built up cities for defense in Judah.

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  • Luke 1:39

    In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,

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  • Joshua 14:12–13

    Now therefore give me this hill country that the LORD promised me on that day, for you yourself heard then that the Anakim were there, with great and fortified cities. Perhaps with the LORD’s help I will drive them out, as the LORD has spoken.”

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  • 2 Chronicles 14:7

    So he said to the people of Judah, “Let us build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, with doors and bars. The land is still ours because we have sought the LORD our God. We have sought Him and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.

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  • 2 Chronicles 26:9–10

    Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the angle in the wall, and he fortified them.

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