2 Chronicles 17:14-19
divisions <06486> [the numbers.]
families <01004> [to the house.]
300,000 <07969 03967> [three hundred.]
Jehochanan <03027 03076> [next to him. Heb. at this hand.]
volunteered <05068> [willingly.]
equipped <05401> [armed men.]
placed .... fortified <05414 04013> [put in.]
2 Chronicles 17:1
Jehoshaphat <03092> [Jehoshaphat.]
[Josaphat. and strengthened.]
2 Chronicles 27:3-4
Upper Gate <08179 05945> [high gate.]
Ophel <06077> [Ophel. or, the tower.]
"The wall," says the Targum, "of the interior palace." {Ophel} appears to have been a tower, or fort, on the city wall, in which we read "the Nehthinim dwelt."
built cities <05892 01129> [he built cities.]
hill country <02022> [the mountains.]
fortresses ... towers <01003 04026> [castles and towers.]
These castles and towers he doubtless built built for the protection of the country people against marauders.
