2 Chronicles 23:20; 2 Chronicles 33:14; Jeremiah 20:2; Nehemiah 3:26; Nehemiah 3:27
Ophel was the name given to the long, narrowish, rounded spur or promontory, which intervenes between the central valley of Jerusalem (the Tyropoeo...
He built the high (c) gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. (c) Which was 60 cubits high and was for the height cal...
The Reign of Jotham. See notes on 2 Kings 15:33-36 , from which this section is taken, with the exception of 2 Chronicles 27:4-6 , which is proba...
high . upper. Ophel . the Ophel; or, the lofty place or tower at the north end of the hill of Zion, between Zion and the Temple.
He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. On the wall of Ophel - The wall, says the Targum, of the int...
And on the wall of Ophel he built much— And he repaired much in the walls of the ascent. See Nehemiah 3:26 . Houbigant. REFLECTIONS.— The rei...
He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. He built the high gate of the house of the Lord - si...
The Reign of Jotham This chapter repeats the substance of 2 Kings 15:32-38 , but expands the account of Jotham's buildings, and relates a war wit...
Ophel ] the southern extremity of the Temple hill.
He built. — He it was that built (pronoun emphatic). He “built,” i.e., restored and beautified. The same statement occurs in 2 Kings 15:35 ....
UZZIAH, JOTHAM, AND AHAZ 2 Chronicles 26:1-23 ; 2 Chronicles 27:1-9 ; 2 Chronicles 28:1-27 AFTER the assassination of Amaziah, all the people...
Ordering His Way before God 2 Chronicles 27:1-9 This story of Jotham is memorable if only for one sentence; that he became mighty because he or...
Uzziah was succeeded by Jotham. We have very few details of his reign. In all probability the sixteen years referred to by the chronicler cover a per...
Nothing particularly interesting, more than the common events in the records of the kings of Judah and Israel, meets us in these verses. That they li...
He built the high gate in the house of the Lord ,.... See the note on 2 Kings 15:35 and on the wall of Ophel he built much ; which Kimchi interp...
He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. Ver. 3. He built the high gate. ] See 2 Kings 15:35 ....
A.M. 3246. B.C. 758. Jotham reigns well and prospers, 2 Chronicles 27:1-6 . The conclusion of his reign, 2 Chronicles 27:7-9 . 2 Chronicl...
THE REIGN OF JOTHAM (vv.1-9) Jotham's reign was comparatively short, just 16 years, and he died at 41years. He did what was right as his father...
1 Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jerushah,...
He built, i.e. repaired it; for it was built before, 2 Chronicles 11:5 . The high gate, otherwise called the new gate , Jeremiah 36:10 ....
CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter is par. with 2 Kings 15:32-38 , and taken mainly from the same source or sources. Ampler than narrative in Kings, and...
2 Chronicles 27:3 . On the wall of Ophel he built much. Villapandus, in his plan of Jerusalem, places Ophel on the east of the city, and near the...
And on the wall of Ophel he built much. Building on Ophel Ophel means “the mount.” Where was the mount? On the southern slope. Why did the king...
EXPOSITION This chapter of nine verses is paralleled by the seven verses of 2 Kings 15:32-12 . It consists of personal particulars respecting J...
The Reign of Jotham.
He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, that is, he repaired this gate on the upper side of the Temple area, and on the wall of Ophel, on...
Built — Repaired it: for it was built before, 2 Chronicles 11:5 .
3 He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophela he built much.