2 Chronicles 27:3 “Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he worked…”

2 Chronicles 27:3

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

World English Bible

He built the upper gate of the LORD’s house, and he built much on the wall of Ophel.

American Standard Version

He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

Geneva Bible 1599

He buylt the hie gate of the house of the Lord, and he buylt very much on the wall of the castle.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

He hath built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and in the wall of Ophel he hath built abundantly;

Bible in Basic English

He put up the higher doorway of the house of the Lord, and did much building on the wall of the Ophel.

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Cross references

“high gate”

2 Chronicles 23:20 Jeremiah 20:2

2 Chronicles 23:20 · BSB

And he 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 Up…

Jeremiah 20:2 · BSB

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.

“Ophel”

2 Chronicles 33:14 Nehemiah 3:26 Nehemiah 3:27

2 Chronicles 33:14 · BSB

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 stati…

Nehemiah 3:26 · BSB

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.

Nehemiah 3:27 · BSB

And next to them, the Tekoites repaired another section, from a point opposite the great tower that juts out to the wall of Ophel.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2And 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.

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

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