2 Chronicles 26:9

9 aedificavitque Ozias turres in Hierusalem super portam Anguli et super portam Vallis et reliquas in eodem muri latere firmavitque eas

2 Chronicles 26:9 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 26:9

Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate,
&c.] Which was broken down by the king of Israel in his father's time, ( 2 Chronicles 25:23 ) and which he not only repaired, but strengthened, by building a tower upon it:

and at the valley gate;
which led to the valley, ( Nehemiah 2:13 ) ( 3:13 ) , called the valley of the dead bodies, in which they were cast, and in which the brook Kidron ran, ( Jeremiah 31:40 )

and at the turning of the wall;
at each of those places he built towers, which Josephus F15 says were one hundred and fifty cubits high: and fortified them; put garrisons of soldiers into them.


FOOTNOTES:

F15 Antiqu. l. 9. c. 10. sect. 3.

2 Chronicles 26:9 In-Context

7 et adiuvit eum Deus contra Philisthim et contra Arabas qui habitabant in Gurbaal et contra Ammanitas
8 pendebantque Ammanitae munera Oziae et divulgatum est nomen eius usque ad introitum Aegypti propter crebras victorias
9 aedificavitque Ozias turres in Hierusalem super portam Anguli et super portam Vallis et reliquas in eodem muri latere firmavitque eas
10 extruxit etiam turres in solitudine et fodit cisternas plurimas eo quod haberet multa pecora tam in campestribus quam in heremi vastitate vineas quoque habuit et vinitores in montibus et in Carmelo erat quippe homo agriculturae deditus
11 fuit autem exercitus bellatorum eius qui procedebant ad proelia sub manu Hiehihel scribae Maasiaeque doctoris et sub manu Ananiae qui erat de ducibus regis
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