John Gill's Exposition on 2 Chronicles 27:3

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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He built the high gate in the house of the Lord, etc.] See the note on (<121535>2 Kings 15:35) and on the wall of Ophel he built much; which Kimchi interprets an high place; it was the eastern part of Mount Zion. Josephus f116 calls it Ophlas, and says it joined to the eastern porch of the temple; and some have thought the porch of the temple is meant; the Targum renders it a palace; it is a tradition of the Jews that it was the holy of holies f117.

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