2 Chronicles 27:3
It was he who built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
In Context
4And he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:14And after this he built the outer wall of the city of David, on the west, toward Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance of the fish-gate, and carried it round Ophel, and raised it up a very great height; and he put captains of war in all the fortified cities of Judah.
Jeremiah 20:2And Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Jehovah.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 27:2-9
The Reign of Jotham. ( b. c. 758.) 1 Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok. 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. 4 Moreover he built cities in the… Read the whole commentary →