2 Cronica 27:3

Filipino Cebuano Bible

3 Iyang gitukod ang sa naibabaw nga pultahan sa balay ni Jehova, ug sa ibabaw sa kuta sa Ophel siya nagtukod ug daghan kaayo.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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

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.