2 Chronicles 27:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

He put up the higher doorway of the house of the Lord, and did much building on the wall of the Ophel.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 33:14 : 14 After this he made an outer wall for the town of David, on the west side of Gihon in the valley, as far as the way into the town by the fish doorway; and he put a very high wall round the Ophel; and he put captains of the army in all the walled towns of Judah.
  • Neh 3:26-27 : 26 (Now the Nethinim were living in the Ophel, as far as the place facing the water doorway to the east, and the tower which comes out.) 27 After him the Tekoites were making good another part, opposite the great tower which comes out, and up to the wall of the Ophel.
  • Jer 20:2 : 2 And Pashhur gave blows to Jeremiah and had his feet chained in a framework of wood in the higher doorway of Benjamin, which was in the house of the Lord.
  • 2 Chr 23:20 : 20 Then he took the captains of hundreds and the chiefs and the rulers of the people and all the people of the land, and they came down with the king from the house of the Lord through the higher doorway into the king's house, and put the king on the seat of the kingdom.

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  • 2 Chr 33:14
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    14 After this he made an outer wall for the town of David, on the west side of Gihon in the valley, as far as the way into the town by the fish doorway; and he put a very high wall round the Ophel; and he put captains of the army in all the walled towns of Judah.

  • 2 Chr 27:4
    79%

    4 In addition, he made towns in the hill-country of Judah, and strong buildings and towers in the woodlands.

  • 2 Kgs 15:34-35
    2 verses
    77%

    34 And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Uzziah had done.

    35 But he did not take away the high places, and the people still went on making offerings and burning them in the high places. He was the builder of the higher doorway of the house of the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 26:9
    77%

    9 Uzziah made towers in Jerusalem, at the doorway in the angle and at the doorway in the valley and at the turn of the wall, arming them.

  • Neh 3:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1 Then Eliashib, the chief priest, got up with his brothers the priests, and took in hand the building of the sheep doorway; they made it holy and put its doors in position; as far as the tower of Hammeah they made it holy, even to the tower of Hananel.

    2 And by his side the men of Jericho were building. And after them, Zaccur, the son of Imri.

    3 The sons of Hassenaah were the builders of the fish doorway; they put its boards in place and put up its doors, with their locks and rods.

  • Neh 3:25-29
    5 verses
    75%

    25 Palal, the son of Uzai, made good the wall opposite the angle and the tower which comes out from the higher part of the king's house, by the open space of the watch. After him was Pedaiah, the son of Parosh.

    26 (Now the Nethinim were living in the Ophel, as far as the place facing the water doorway to the east, and the tower which comes out.)

    27 After him the Tekoites were making good another part, opposite the great tower which comes out, and up to the wall of the Ophel.

    28 Further on, past the horse doorway, the priests were at work, every one opposite his house.

    29 After them Zadok, the son of Immer, was working opposite his house. And after him Shemaiah, the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the east door.

  • 2 Chr 27:2
    74%

    2 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Uzziah had done; but he did not go into the Temple of the Lord. And the people still went on in their evil ways.

  • 2 Chr 32:5
    74%

    5 Then he took heart, building up the wall where it was broken down, and making its towers higher, and building another wall outside; and he made strong the Millo in the town of David, and got together a great store of all sorts of instruments of war.

  • 2 Chr 29:3
    73%

    3 In the first year of his rule, in the first month, opening the doors of the Lord's house, he made them strong.

  • 1 Kgs 6:36
    73%

    36 And the inner space was walled with three lines of squared stones and a line of cedar-wood boards.

  • 1 Kgs 6:5
    72%

    5 And against the walls all round, and against the walls of the Temple and of the inmost room, he put up wings, with side rooms all round:

  • 2 Chr 26:6
    72%

    6 He went out and made war against the Philistines, pulling down the walls of Gath and Jabneh and Ashdod, and building towns in the country round Ashdod and among the Philistines.

  • 2 Chr 33:3-5
    3 verses
    72%

    3 For he put up again the high places which had been pulled down by his father Hezekiah; and he made altars for the Baals, and pillars of wood, and was a worshipper and servant of all the stars of heaven;

    4 And he made altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will my name be for ever.

    5 And he made altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 17:12
    71%

    12 Jehoshaphat became greater and greater, and made strong towers and store-towns in Judah.

  • 2 Chr 8:5
    70%

    5 And of Beth-horon the higher and the lower, walled towns with walls and doorways and locks;

  • Neh 3:19-21
    3 verses
    70%

    19 And by his side was working Ezer, the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, making good another part opposite the way up to the store of arms at the turning of the wall.

    20 After him Baruch, the son of Zabbai, was hard at work on another part, from the turning of the wall to the door of the house of Eliashib, the chief priest.

    21 After him Meremoth, the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, was working on another part, from the door of the house of Eliashib as far as the end of his house.

  • 1 Kgs 6:9
    70%

    9 So he put up the house and made it complete, roofing it with boards of cedar-wood.

  • Neh 3:6
    70%

    6 Joiada, the son of Paseah, and Meshullam, the son of Besodeiah, made good the old doorway; they put its boards in place and put up its doors, with their locks and rods.

  • 2 Chr 14:7
    70%

    7 He said to Judah, Let us make these towns, building walls round them with towers and doors and locks. The land is still ours, because we have been true to the Lord our God; we have been true to him and he has given us rest on every side. So they went on building and all went well for them.

  • 1 Kgs 6:16
    70%

    16 And at the back of the house a further space of twenty cubits was shut in with boards of cedar-wood, for the inmost room.

  • 2 Kgs 21:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4 And he put up altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

    5 And he put up altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 3:1
    70%

    1 Then Solomon made a start at building the house of the Lord on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem, where the Lord had been seen by his father David, in the place which David had made ready in the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

  • Neh 3:15
    69%

    15 And Shallun, the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of the division of Mizpah, made good the doorway of the fountain, building it up and covering it and putting up its doors, with their locks and rods, with the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king's garden, as far as the steps which go down from the town of David.

  • 2 Chr 3:7
    69%

    7 All the house was plated with gold, the supports, the steps, the walls and the doors; and the walls were ornamented with designs of winged ones.

  • 2 Chr 3:5
    69%

    5 And the greater house was roofed with cypress-wood, plated with the best gold and ornamented with designs of palm-trees and chains.

  • 1 Kgs 7:12
    69%

    12 The great outer square all round was walled with three lines of squared stones and a line of cedar-wood boards, round about the open square inside the house of the Lord and the covered room of the king's house.

  • Neh 3:23
    69%

    23 After them came Benjamin and Hasshub, opposite their house. After them Azariah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, made good the wall by the house where he himself was living.

  • 2 Chr 31:11
    69%

    11 Then Hezekiah said that store-rooms were to be made ready in the house of the Lord; and this was done.

  • Ezek 42:3
    69%

    3 Opposite the space of twenty cubits which was part of the inner square, and opposite the stone floor of the outer square. There were covered ways facing one another on the third floor.

  • Neh 3:13
    69%

    13 Hanun and the people of Zanoah were working on the doorway of the valley; they put it up and put up its doors, with their locks and rods, and a thousand cubits of wall as far as the doorway where the waste material was placed.

  • 2 Kgs 18:3
    69%

    3 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord as David his father had done.

  • 1 Chr 11:8
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    8 And he took in hand the building of the town all round, starting from the Millo; and Joab put the rest of the town in order.

  • 2 Chr 33:16
    69%

    16 And he put the altar of the Lord in order, offering peace-offerings and praise-offerings on it, and said that all Judah were to be servants of the Lord, the God of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 11:6
    69%

    6 He was the builder of Beth-lehem and Etam and Tekoa

  • 1 Kgs 9:15
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    15 Now, this was the way of Solomon's system of forced work for the building of the Lord's house and of the king's house, and the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and Megiddo and Gezer. ...

  • 1 Kgs 3:2
    68%

    2 But all this time the people were making their offerings in the high places, because no house had been put up to the name of the Lord till those days.

  • Neh 12:37
    68%

    37 And by the doorway of the fountain and straight in front of them, they went up by the steps of the town of David, at the slope up of the wall, over the house of David, as far as the water-doorway to the east.

  • Neh 3:8
    68%

    8 Near them was working Uzziel, the son of Harhaiah, the gold-worker. And by him was Hananiah, one of the perfume-makers, building up Jerusalem as far as the wide wall.