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2 Chronicles 27:4

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What does 2 Chronicles 27:4 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Moreover he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Moreover he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
2 Chronicles 27:4 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Chronicles 27

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1Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and his mother`s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.
2And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Uzziah had done: howbeit he entered not into the temple of Jehovah. And the people did yet corruptly.
3He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
4Moreover he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
5He fought also with the king of the children of Ammon, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon render unto him, in the second year also, and in the third.
6So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before Jehovah his God.
7Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Moreover, he built cities in the mountains of Judah, etc.] In the mountainous part of it, the hill country of Judea, (<420165>Luke 1:65), and in the forests he built castles and towers; for the safety of travellers, and of shepherds and their flocks, (see <142610>2 Chronicles 26:10).”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers--that is, in the elevated and wooded spots where fortified cities could not be placed, he erected castles and towers.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“he built cities: Ch2 11:5-10, Ch2 14:7, Ch2 26:9, Ch2 26:10 the mountains: Jos 14:12, Jos 14:13; Luk 1:39 castles and towers: These castles and towers he doubtless built built for the protection of the country people against marauders. 2 Chronicles 27:5”
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