2 Chronicles 27:4

4 And he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.

2 Chronicles 27:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 27:4

Moreover, he built cities in the mountains of Judah
In the mountainous part of it, the hill country of Judea, ( Luke 1:65 ) ,

and in the forests he built castles and towers;
for the safety of travellers, and of shepherds and their flocks, see ( 2 Chronicles 26:10 ) .

2 Chronicles 27:4 In-Context

2 And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his father Uzziah had done; only he entered not into the temple of Jehovah. And the people still acted corruptly.

3 It was he who built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

4 And he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.

5 And he fought against the king of the children of Ammon, and overcame them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. This the children of Ammon brought again to him also in the second year, and in the third.

6 And Jotham became strong, for he prepared his ways before Jehovah his God.