2 Chronicles 27:3
What does 2 Chronicles 27:3 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Chronicles 27:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
KJV
King James Version · 1611He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949He put up the higher doorway of the house of the Lord, and did much building on the wall of the Ophel.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862He hath built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and in the wall of Ophel he hath built abundantly;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890It was he who built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
Context
v.2And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Uzziah had done: howbeit he entered not into the temple of Jehovah. And the people did yet corruptly.
v.3This passage
v.4Moreover he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 20:2
Then Pashhur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Jehovah.
- 2 Chronicles 23:20
And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of Jehovah: and they came through the upper gate unto the king’s house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.
- 2 Chronicles 33:14
Now after this he built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance at the fish gate; and he compassed Ophel about with it, and raised it up to a very great height: and he put valiant captains in all the fortified cities of Judah.
- Nehemiah 3:26
(Now the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that standeth out.)