2 Chronicles 27:4

4 And he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and he built forts and towers in the wooded places.

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 eyes of Yahweh, according to all that his father Uzziah had done--only he did not go into the temple of Yahweh. But the people still acted corruptly.

3 He built the upper gate of the house of Yahweh, and {he did much restoration} on the wall of Ophel.

4 And he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and he built forts and towers in the wooded places.

5 Now he fought with the king of the {Ammonites} and prevailed against them. And the {Ammonites} gave to him in that year one hundred talents of silver and ten thousand measures of wheat and ten thousand [measures of] barley. This [is what] the {Ammonites} rendered to him, as well as in the second and third year.

6 And Jotham strengthened himself, for he established his ways before Yahweh his God.