2 Chronicles 26:9-10

26:9 Uzziah built and fortified towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, Valley Gate, and at the Angle. ¹  26:10 He built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns, for he owned many herds in the lowlands ²  and on the plain. He had workers in the fields and vineyards in the hills and in Carmel, ³  for he loved agriculture. ⁴ 

[26:9]  ¹ tn On the meaning of the Hebrew word מִקְצוֹעַ (miqtsoa’), see HALOT 628 s.v. עַ(וֹ)מִקְצֹ. The term probably refers to an “angle” or “corner” somewhere on the eastern wall of Jerusalem.

[26:10]  ² tn Heb “Shephelah.”

[26:10]  ³ tn Heb “workers and vinedressers in the hills and in Carmel.” The words “he had” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[26:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “for a lover of the ground he [was].”