27:3 He built the Upper Gate to the Lord’s temple and did a lot of work on the wall in the area known as Ophel. 1
33:14 After this Manasseh 2 built up the outer wall of the City of David 3 on the west side of the Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate and all around the terrace; he made it much higher. He placed army officers in all the fortified cities in Judah.
1 tn Heb “wall of Ophel.” See HALOT 861 s.v. II עֹפֶל.
2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Manasseh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.