2 Chronicles 27

2 Chronicles · Chapter 27

2 Chronicles 27:3

1Jotham 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.2And 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.3He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.4Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.5He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third.6So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God.7Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.8He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.9And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
3He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he worked extensively on the wall at the hill of Ophel.He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
heה֗וּאHu'H1931
he/she/it

הוּא (hu) pron 3p s 1) he, she, it 1a) himself (with emphasis) 1b) resuming subj with emphasis 1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate) 1d) (anticipating subj) 1e) (emphasising predicate) 1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron 2) that (with article)

he builtבָּנָ֛הba-NAHH1129
to build

בְּנָה (be.nah) 1) to build 1a) (P'al) to build 1b) (Ithp'il) to be built

[the] gate ofשַׁ֥עַרSHA-'arH8179G
gate

שַׁ֫עַר (sha.ar) : gate 1) gate 1a) gate (of entrance) 1b) gate (of space inside gate, i.e. marketplace, public meeting place) 1b1) city, town 1c) gate (of palace, royal castle, temple, court of tabernacle) 1d) heaven

[the] house ofבֵּית־beit-H1004QNo entry
Yahwehיְהוָ֖הYAH-wehH3068G
Lord

אֲדֹנָי (a.do.nai) Lord - a title, spoken in place of Yahweh in Jewish display of reverence Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G)

the upperהָעֶלְי֑וֹןha-'el-YONH5945A
high

עֶלְיוֹן (el.yon) adj 1) high, upper 1a) of Davidic king exalted above monarchs

and on [the] wall ofוּבְחוֹמַ֥תu-ve-cho-MATH2346G
wall

חוֹמָה (cho.mah) wall

the Ophelהָעֹ֛פֶלha-'O-felH6077
Ophel

עֹ֫פֶל (o.phel) § Ophel = "hill" a ridge of hills in Jerusalem, fortified for defense of the city

he builtבָּנָ֖הba-NAHH1129
to build

בְּנָה (be.nah) 1) to build 1a) (P'al) to build 1b) (Ithp'il) to be built

to abundanceלָרֹֽב׃la-ROH7230
abundance

רֹב (rov) 1) multitude, abundance, greatness 1a) multitude 1a1) abundance, abundantly 1a2) numerous 1b) greatness

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.