2 Chronicles 27:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

ה֗וּא בָּנָ֛ה אֶת־שַׁ֥עַר בֵּית־יְהוָ֖ה הָעֶלְי֑וֹן וּבְחוֹמַ֥ת הָעֹ֛פֶל בָּנָ֖ה לָרֹֽב׃

Transliteration

hûʾ bānāh ʾet-šaʿar bêt-YHWH hā-ʿelyôn û-ḇəḥômat hā-ʿōfel bānāh lā-rōb

Grammar Details

*hûʾ*: 3rd masculine singular personal pronoun - he
*bānāh*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he built
*ʾet*-*šaʿar*: direct object marker + masculine singular noun - the gate of
*bêt*-*YHWH*: construct state + divine name - house of YHWH
*hā*-*ʿelyôn*: definite article + adjective, masculine singular - the upper
*û*-*ḇəḥômat*: conjunction + preposition + feminine singular construct - and in wall of
*hā*-*ʿōfel*: definite article + proper name/place - the Ophel
*lā*-*rōb*: preposition + masculine singular noun - to/for abundance

Word Meanings

*bānāh*: built/constructed
*šaʿar*: gate/entrance
*ʿelyôn*: upper/highest
*ʿōfel*: Ophel/hill/elevated area
*lā*-*rōb*: abundantly/extensively/greatly

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 33:14 : 14 Now after this he built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance at the fish gate; and he compassed Ophel about [with it], and raised it up to a very great height: and he put valiant captains in all the fortified cities of Judah.
Neh 3:26-27 : 26 (Now the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that standeth out.) 27 After him the Tekoites repaired another portion, over against the great tower that standeth out, and unto the wall of Ophel.
Jer 20:2 : 2 Then Pashhur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Jehovah.
2 Chr 23:20 : 20 And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of Jehovah: and they came through the upper gate unto the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

2 Chr 33:14
80%
14Now after this he built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance at the fish gate; and he compassed Ophel about [with it], and raised it up to a very great height: and he put valiant captains in all the fortified cities of Judah.
2 Chr 27:4
79%
4Moreover he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
2 Kgs 15:34-35
2 verses
77%
34And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah; he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
35Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah.
2 Chr 26:9
77%
9Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning [of the wall], and fortified them.
Neh 3:1-3
3 verses
75%
1Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Hammeah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananel.
2And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri.
3And the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof.
Neh 3:25-29
5 verses
75%
25Palal the son of Uzai [repaired] over against the turning [of the wall], and the tower that standeth out from the upper house of the king, which is by the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh [repaired].
26(Now the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that standeth out.)
27After him the Tekoites repaired another portion, over against the great tower that standeth out, and unto the wall of Ophel.
28Above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his own house.
29After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his own house. And after him repaired Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the east gate.
2 Chr 27:2
74%
2And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Uzziah had done: howbeit he entered not into the temple of Jehovah. And the people did yet corruptly.
2 Chr 32:5
74%
5And he took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised [it] up to the towers, and the other wall without, and strengthened Millo [in] the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.
2 Chr 29:3
73%
3He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of Jehovah, and repaired them.
1 Kgs 6:36
73%
36And he built the inner court with three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams.
1 Kgs 6:5
72%
5And against the wall of the house he built stories round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle; and he made side-chambers round about.
2 Chr 26:6
72%
6And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in [the country of] Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
2 Chr 33:3-5
3 verses
72%
3For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he reared up altars for the Baalim, and made Asheroth, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
4And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
5And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Jehovah.
2 Chr 17:12
71%
12And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles and cities of store.
2 Chr 8:5
70%
5Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
Neh 3:19-21
3 verses
70%
19And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another portion, over against the ascent to the armory at the turning [of the wall].
20After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired another portion, from the turning [of the wall] unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
21After him repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of Hakkoz another portion, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib.
1 Kgs 6:9
70%
9So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.
Neh 3:6
70%
6And the old gate repaired Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof.
2 Chr 14:7
70%
7For he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars; the land is yet before us, because we have sought Jehovah our God; we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.
1 Kgs 6:16
70%
16And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the walls [of the ceiling]: he built [them] for it within, for an oracle, even for the most holy place.
2 Kgs 21:4-5
2 verses
70%
4And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
5And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Jehovah.
2 Chr 3:1
70%
1Then Solomon began to build the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem on mount Moriah, where [Jehovah] appeared unto David his father, which he made ready in the place that David had appointed, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Neh 3:15
69%
15And the fountain gate repaired Shallun the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of the district of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king's garden, even unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.
2 Chr 3:7
69%
7He overlaid also the house, the beams, the thresholds, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubim on the walls.
2 Chr 3:5
69%
5And the greater house he ceiled with fir-wood, {H6086} which he overlaid with fine gold, and wrought thereon palm-trees and chains.
1 Kgs 7:12
69%
12And the great court round about had three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams; like as the inner court of the house of Jehovah, and the porch of the house.
Neh 3:23
69%
23After them repaired Benjamin and Hasshub over against their house. After them repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah beside his own house.
2 Chr 31:11
69%
11Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of Jehovah; and they prepared them.
Ezek 42:3
69%
3Over against the twenty [cubits] which belonged to the inner court, and over against the pavement which belonged to the outer court, was gallery against gallery in the third story.
Neh 3:13
69%
13The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits of the wall unto the dung gate.
2 Kgs 18:3
69%
3And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.
1 Chr 11:8
69%
8And he built the city round about, from Millo even round about; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
2 Chr 33:16
69%
16And he built up the altar of Jehovah, and offered thereon sacrifices of peace-offerings and of thanksgiving, and commanded Judah to serve Jehovah, the God of Israel.
2 Chr 11:6
69%
6He built Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
1 Kgs 9:15
69%
15And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised, to build the house of Jehovah, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
1 Kgs 3:2
68%
2Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of Jehovah until those days.
Neh 12:37
68%
37And by the fountain gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.
Neh 3:8
68%
8Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths. And next unto him repaired Hananiah one of the perfumers, and they fortified Jerusalem even unto the broad wall.