Lìdaìzhìxià 32:5

5 Xīxījiā lì tú zì qiáng , jiù xiū zhú suǒ yǒu chāihuǐ de chéngqiáng , gāo yǔ chéng lóu xiāng qí . zaì chéng waì yòu zhú yī chéng , jiāngù Dàwèi chéng de mǐ luó , zhìzào le xǔduō jūn qì , dùnpái .

Lìdaìzhìxià 32:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 32:5

Also he strengthened himself
In the Lord his God, and fortified his city, and put it in the best manner of defence he could:

and built up all the wall that was broken;
which was broken from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate by Joash king of Israel; and though it might have been repaired by Uzziah, it might again be broken down in the times of Ahaz, by Pekah, king of Israel, or some other enemy, see ( 2 Chronicles 25:3 ) ( 26:9 ) ( 2 Chronicles 28:6 2 Chronicles 28:7 )

and raised it up to the towers;
from the corner tower to the tower of the gate of Ephraim, which, as before observed, had been broken down:

and another wall without;
a second wall, either all around the city, or at such a part of it which was weakest; Josephus ^F26 says the city of Jerusalem had three walls about it:

and repaired Millo in the city of David;
a wall on the north side of the city:

and made darts and shields in abundance;
darts to cast from the walls of the city, to annoy the enemy with, and shields to defend them from those of the enemy.

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 De Bello Jud. l. 5. c. 4. sect. 3.

Lìdaìzhìxià 32:5 In-Context

3 Jiù yǔ shǒulǐng hé yǒng shì shāngyì , sāi zhù chéng waì de quányuán . tāmen jiù dōu bāngzhu tā .

4 Yúshì yǒu xǔduō rén jùjí , sāi le yīqiè quányuán , bìng tōng liú guó zhōng de xiǎo hé , shuō , Yàshù wáng lái , wèihé ràng tā dé zhe xǔduō shuǐ ne .

5 Xīxījiā lì tú zì qiáng , jiù xiū zhú suǒ yǒu chāihuǐ de chéngqiáng , gāo yǔ chéng lóu xiāng qí . zaì chéng waì yòu zhú yī chéng , jiāngù Dàwèi chéng de mǐ luó , zhìzào le xǔduō jūn qì , dùnpái .

6 Shèlì jūnzhǎng guǎnlǐ bǎixìng , jiāng tāmen zhāo jù zaì chéng mén de kuānkuò chù , yòng huà miǎnlì tāmen , shuō ,

7 Nǐmen dāng gāngqiáng zhuàng dǎn , búyào yīn Yàshù wáng hé gēnsuí tāde dà jūn kǒngjù , jīnghuāng . yīnwei yǔ wǒmen tóng zaì de , bǐ yǔ tāmen tóng zaì de gèng dà .