2 Chronicles 27:3

Contextual Overview

¹ Iotham was fiue and twentie yere olde when he began to reigne, and reigned sixteene yeere in Ierusalem, and his mothers name was Ierushah the daughter of Zadok. ¹Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerushah daughter of Zadok. ¹ Yotam was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Yerushalayim: and his mother's name was Yerusha the daughter of Tzadok. ¹ Jotham was 25 years old when he became king. He ruled 16 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jerusha. Jerusha was Zadok's daughter. ¹ Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok. ¹Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok. ¹ Jotham 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. ¹ Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled from Jerusalem for sixteen years. Jerushah his mother was the daughter of Zadok. ¹ Yotam was twenty-five years old when he began his reign, and he ruled for sixteen years in Yerushalayim. His mother's name was Yerushah the daughter of Tzadok. ¹ Jotham 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.

Bible Verse Review
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high gate: 2 Chronicles 23:20, Jeremiah 20:2

Ophel: or, the tower, "The wall," says the Targum, "of the interior palace." Ophel appears to have been a tower, or fort, on the city wall, in which we read "the Nehthinim dwelt." 2 Chronicles 33:14, Nehemiah 3:26, Nehemiah 3:27

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 15:35 - the higher gate Nehemiah 11:21 - the Ezekiel 9:2 - the higher

Cross-References

Genesis 10:9
He was a mightie hunter before the Lord. wherefore it is saide, As Nimrod the mightie hunter before the Lord.

Genesis 10:9
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod was a mighty hunter before the LORD.

Genesis 10:9
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD. Therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD."

Genesis 10:9
He was a great hunter before the Lord . That is why people compare other men to him and say, "That man is like Nimrod, a great hunter before the Lord ."

Genesis 10:9
He was a mighty hunter before the Lord . Therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord ."

Genesis 10:9
He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah: wherefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Jehovah.

Genesis 10:9
He was a very great bowman, so that there is a saying, Like Nimrod, a very great bowman.

Genesis 10:9
He was a mighty hunter before Adonai — this is why people say, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Adonai ."

Genesis 10:9
He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah; therefore it is said, As Nimrod, the mighty hunter before Jehovah!

Genesis 10:9
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; wherefore it is said: 'Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD.'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He built the high gate in the house of the Lord,.... See the note on 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 f 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 g.

f De Bell. Jud. l. 5. c. 4. sect. 2. g Vid. Hieron Trad. Heb. in lib. Paralipom. fol. 86. A. F. G.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ophel was the name given to the long, narrowish, rounded spur or promontory, which intervenes between the central valley of Jerusalem (the Tyropoeon) and the Kidron, or valley of Jehoshaphat. The anxiety of Uzziah and Jotham to fortify their territory indicates a fear of external attack, which at this time was probably felt mainly in connection with Samaria and Syria (2 Kings 15:37 note). The faithless trust put in fortifications was rebuked by the prophets of the time Hosea 8:14; Isaiah 2:15.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 27:3. On the wall of Ophel — The wall, says the Targum, of the interior palace. Ophel was some part of the wall of Jerusalem, that was most pregnable, and therefore Jotham fortified it in a particular manner.