2 Chronicles 27:3

3 Jotham built the Upper Gate of the Lord's temple, and he built extensively on the wall of Ophel.^[a][b]

2 Chronicles 27:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 27:3

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 ^F6 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 ^F7.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 De Bell. Jud. l. 5. c. 4. sect. 2.
F7 Vid. Hieron Trad. Heb. in lib. Paralipom. fol. 86. A. F. G.

2 Chronicles 27:3 In-Context

1 Jotham was 25 years old when he became king; he reigned 16 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jerushah daughter of Zadok.

2 He did what was right in the Lord's sight as his father Uzziah had done, except that he didn't enter the Lord's sanctuary. However, the people still behaved corruptly.

3 Jotham built the Upper Gate of the Lord's temple, and he built extensively on the wall of Ophel.

4 He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.

5 He waged war against the king of the Ammonites. He overpowered the Ammonites, and that year they gave him 7,500 pounds of silver, 50,000 bushels of wheat, and 50,000 bushels of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years.

Footnotes

• [a]. 2 Ch 33:14; Neh 3:26-27
• [b]. 2 Kg 15:33-35