2 Chronicles 27:3
“He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Moreover, he built cities in the mountains of Judah,.... In the mountainous part of it, the hill country of Judea, Luk…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Ophel was the name given to the long, narrowish, rounded spur or promontory, which intervenes between the central valley…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
On the wall of Ophel - The wall, says the Targum, of the interior palace. Ophel was some part of the wall of Jerusalem,…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17142 Chronicles 27:1-9
There is not much more related here concerning Jotham than we had before, Kg2 15:32, etc.
I. He reigned well. He did…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
the high gate R.V. the upper gate; cp. 2Ch 23:20.
Ophel Cp. 2Ch 33:14; Neh 3:26-27. It was a southern spur of the Temple…
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