2 Chronicles 27:4

4 Moreover he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and forts and towers on the wooded hills.

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 He did what was right in the sight of the Lord just as his father Uzziah had done—only he did not invade the temple of the Lord. But the people still followed corrupt practices.

3 He built the upper gate of the house of the Lord, and did extensive building on the wall of Ophel.

4 Moreover he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and forts and towers on the wooded hills.

5 He fought with the king of the Ammonites and prevailed against them. The Ammonites gave him that year one hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat and ten thousand of barley. The Ammonites paid him the same amount in the second and the third years.

6 So Jotham became strong because he ordered his ways before the Lord his God.