Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 27:3

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Commentary on the Old Testament
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · 19th-century historical commentary
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He built the upper gate of the house of Jahve, i.e., the northern gate of the inner or upper court (see on Kg2 15:35); the only work of his reign which is mentioned in the book of Kings. But besides this, he continued the fortifying of Jerusalem, which his father had commenced; building much at the wall of the Ophel. העפל was the name of the southern slope of the temple mountain (see on Ch2 33:14); the wall of Ophel is consequently the wall connecting Zion with the temple mountain, at which Uzziah had already built (see on Ch2 26:9). He likewise carried on his father's buildings for the protection of the herds ( Ch2 26:10), building the cities in the mountains of Judah, and castles (בּירניּות, Ch2 17:12) and towers in the forests of the mountains of Judah (חרשׁים from חרשׁ, a thicket). 2 Chronicles 27:5

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