2 Chronicles 27:4
2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly.
3 He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
5 He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third.
6 So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 11:5–10
And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.
Read in contextLuke 1:39
And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;
Read in contextJoshua 14:12–13
Now 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.
Read in context2 Chronicles 14:7
Therefore 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.
Read in context2 Chronicles 26:9–10
Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.
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