2 Chronicles 27:3
What meaning of the 2 chronicles 27:3 in the Bible?
What does 2 Chronicles 27:3 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophela he built much."
What does 2 Chronicles 27:3 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophela he built much."
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 fort...
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 anxi...
CHAPTER 27 THE REIGN OF JOTHAM _ 1. The reign of Jotham (2 Chronicles 27:1)_ 2. The death of Jotham (2 Chronicles 27:7) The record of the reign of Jotham is brief in both 2 Kings and in Chronicles....
THE REIGN OF JOTHAM. See notes on 2 Kings 15:33, from which this section is taken, with the exception of 2 Chronicles 27:4, which is probably derived from some other source....
HIGH. upper. OPHEL. the Ophel; or, the lofty place or tower at the north end of the hill of Zion, between Zion and the Temple....
_the high gate_ R.V. THE UPPER GATE; cp. 2 Chronicles 23:20. _Ophel_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 33:14; Nehemiah 3:26-27. It was a southern spur of the Temple Hill. _Bädeker_, p. 21....
AND ON THE WALL OF OPHEL HE BUILT MUCH— _And he repaired much in the walls of the ascent._ See Nehemiah 3:26. Houbigant. REFLECTIONS.—The reign of Jotham was pious and prosperous. 1. He copied the b...
LESSON TWENTY-TWO 27-29 THE REIGN OF JOTHAM. AHAZ AND HIS ALLIES. HEZEKIAH, RELIGIOUS REFORMER. 12. THE REIGN OF JOTHAM. (Chapter 27) INTRODUCTION Jotham avoided God's house and failed as king in...
_HE BUILT THE HIGH GATE OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, AND ON THE WALL OF OPHEL HE BUILT MUCH._ He built the high gate of the house of the Lord - situated on the north-that portion of the temple hill whic...
27:3 Ophel (d-19) Portion of Jerusalem lying south-west of the temple mount....
THE REIGN OF JOTHAM This chapter repeats the substance of 2 Kings 15:32, but expands the account of Jotham's buildings, and relates a war with Ammon about which Kings is silent....
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 27 JOTHAM – 2 CHRONICLES 27:1-9 V1 Jotham was 25 years old when he bec...
HE BUILT. — _He it was that built_ (pronoun emphatic). He “built,” _i.e.,_ restored and beautified. The same statement occurs in 2 Kings 15:35. THE HIGH GATE. — Rather, _the upper gate; i.e.,_ the no...
ה֗וּא בָּנָ֛ה אֶת ־שַׁ֥עַר בֵּית ־יְהוָ֖ה הָ עֶלְיֹ֑ון וּ בְ חֹומַ֥ת הָ עֹ֛פֶל בָּנָ֖ה...
UZZIAH, JOTHAM, AND AHAZ 2 Chronicles 26:1; 2 Chronicles 27:1; 2 Chronicles 28:1 AFTER the assassination of Amaziah, all the people of Judah took his son Uzziah, a lad of sixteen, called in the book...
ORDERING HIS WAY BEFORE GOD 2 Chronicles 27:1 This story of Jotham is memorable if only for one sentence; that he became mighty because he ordered his way before the Lord his God. _We should order ou...
Uzziah was succeeded by Jotham. We have very few details of his reign. In all probability the sixteen years referred to by the chronicler cover a period in which he was exercising authority while his...
He built the high (c) gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. (c) Which was 60 cubits high and was for the height called Ophel: it was at the east gate and mention is m...
_Gate, on the east, repairing (T.) and beautifying it so, (H.) that Jeremias (xxvi. 10,) calls it New. T. --- Ophel, on the walls of the city, (C.) towards the eastern porch of the temple. Josephus) S...
Nothing particularly interesting, more than the common events in the records of the kings of Judah and Israel, meets us in these verses. That they lived, and fought, and built, and died, seems the gre...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 27 THROUGH 31. Jotham, the son of Uzziah, walks uprightly; and he avoids his father's fault; but the people are still corrupt. Nevertheless the faithfulness...
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...
He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. Ver. 3. _He built the high gate._] See 2 Kings 15:35 . _ And on the wall of Ophel._] This was, saith Adrichom...
_A.M. 3246. B.C. 758._ Jotham reigns well and prospers, 2 Chronicles 27:1. _The conclusion of his reign, 2 Chronicles 27:7._ 2 Chronicles 27:2. _He did that which was right_, &c. He did according to...
1 Iotham reigning well, prospereth. 5 He subdueth the Ammonites. 7 His reigne. 9 Ahaz succeedeth him. 1 IOTHAM [NOTE: 2 Kings 15:32.] was twenty and fiue yeeres olde, when hee began to reigne, and...
THE REIGN OF JOTHAM....
THE REIGN OF JOTHAM (vv.1-9) Jotham's reign was comparatively short, just 16 years, and he died at 41years. He did what was right as his father had done, though he did not follow his father's bad e...
OPHEL: Or, the tower...
HE BUILT, i.e. repaired it; for it was built before, 2 CHRONICLES 11:5. THE HIGH GATE, otherwise called _the new gate_, JEREMIAH 36:10. THE WALL OF OPHEL; a tower upon or near the wall of Jerusalem, w...
2 Chronicles 27:3 built H1129 (H8804) Upper H5945 Gate H8179 house H1004 LORD H3068 built H1129 (H8804) extensively H7230 wall H2346 Ophel H6077 high gate - 2 Chronicles 23:20; Jeremiah 20:2 Ophel -...
CONTENTS: Reign of Jotham in Judah and his death. CHARACTERS: God, Jotham. CONCLUSION: The more steadfast we are in religion, the mightier we shall be for the resistance of evil and the performance...
2 Chronicles 27:3. On _the wall of Ophel he built much._ Villapandus, in his plan of Jerusalem, places Ophel on the east of the city, and near the temple. Its tower was said to touch the clouds. The N...
_And on the wall of Ophel he built much._ BUILDING ON OPHEL Ophel means “the mount.” Where was the mount? On the southern slope. Why did the king build so much on Ophel? Because it was most accessib...
2 CHRONICLES 27:1 Jotham. The account of Jotham’s reign (750–735 B.C., including 10 years as co-regent with Uzziah) shows that his military success and power were due to his faithfulness to God (v. 2...
CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter is par. with 2 Kings 15:32, and taken mainly from the same source or sources. Ampler than narrative in Kings, and given with certain religious reflections after manner of...
EXPOSITION This chapter of nine verses is paralleled by the seven verses of 2 Kings 15:32-12. It consists of personal particulars respecting Jotham (2 Kings 15:1, 2 Kings 15:2); his building and his w...
And chapter 27 takes up the reign of Jotham. Twenty-five years old when he began to reign, reigned for sixteen years. He did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, just like his father Uzziah...
2 Chronicles 23:20; 2 Chronicles 33:14; Jeremiah 20:2; Nehemiah 3:26; Nehemiah 3:27...
Built — Repaired it: for it was built before, 2 Chronicles 11:5....