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Jotham Reigns in Judah

2 Chronicles 27:3

In 11 translations

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.Ophel: or, the tower
WEB
He built the upper gate of Yahweh’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.
LSV
He has built the Upper Gate of the house of YHWH, and in the wall of Ophel he has built abundantly;
YLT
He hath built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and in the wall of Ophel he hath built abundantly;
DBY
It was he who built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
DRC
He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
GNV
He buylt the hie gate of the house of the Lord, and he buylt very much on the wall of the castle.
JPS
He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
LXXE
He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and he built much in the wall of Opel.

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Original-language editions

WLC
ה֗וּא בָּנָ֛ה אֶת־שַׁ֥עַר בֵּית־יְהוָ֖ה הָעֶלְי֑וֹן וּבְחוֹמַ֥ת הָעֹ֛פֶל בָּנָ֖ה לָרֹֽב׃
LXX-Br
Αὐτὸς ᾠκοδόμησε τὴν πύλην οἴκου Κυρίου τὴν ὑψηλὴν, καὶ ἐν τείχει Ὀπέλ ᾠκοδόμησε πολλὰ,

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  • 2 Chronicles 33:14After 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…
  • Nehemiah 3:26–27and the temple servants living on the hill of Ophel made repairs opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the tower that juts out. And next to them, the Tekoites repaired another section, from a point opposite the…
  • Jeremiah 20:2he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
  • 2 Chronicles 23:20He 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…

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