2 Chronicles 27:1-4
twenty-five <02568 06242> [A.M. 3246-3262. B.C. 753-742. twenty and five.]
[Joatham.]
did ............ done <06213> [And he did.]
enter ... temple <0935 01964> [he entered not.]
He copied his father's conduct as far as it was pious and constitutional; and avoided his transgression.
people <05971> [the people.]
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.
