2 Chronicles 27:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Josh 14:12-13 : 12 So now, give me this hill-country named by the Lord at that time; for you had an account of it then, how the Anakim were there, and great walled towns: it may be that the Lord will be with me, and I will be able to take their land, as the Lord said. 13 And Joshua gave him his blessing; and he gave Hebron to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, for his heritage.
  • 2 Chr 11:5-9 : 5 Now Rehoboam kept in Jerusalem, building walled towns in Judah. 6 He was the builder of Beth-lehem and Etam and Tekoa 7 And Beth-zur and Soco and Adullam 8 And Gath and Mareshah and Ziph 9 And Adoraim and Lachish and Azekah 10 And Zorah and Aijalon and Hebron, walled towns in Judah and Benjamin.
  • 2 Chr 14:7 : 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.
  • 2 Chr 26:9-9 : 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. 10 And he put up towers in the waste land and made places for storing water, for he had much cattle, in the low hills and in the table land; and he had farmers and vine-keepers in the mountains and in the fertile land, for he was a lover of farming.
  • Luke 1:39 : 39 Then Mary got up and went quickly into the high lands, to a town of Judah;

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

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    3 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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    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.

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    4 And he put up the buildings of Tadmor in the waste land, and of all the store-towns in Hamath;

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

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    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.

    10 And he put up towers in the waste land and made places for storing water, for he had much cattle, in the low hills and in the table land; and he had farmers and vine-keepers in the mountains and in the fertile land, for he was a lover of farming.

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    10 And Zorah and Aijalon and Hebron, walled towns in Judah and Benjamin.

    11 And he made the walled towns strong, and he put captains in them and stores of food, oil, and wine.

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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.

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    5 And he took away the high places and the sun-images from all the towns of Judah; and the kingdom was quiet under his rule.

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    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.

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    5 Now Rehoboam kept in Jerusalem, building walled towns in Judah.

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    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.

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    5 And he put judges through all the land, in every walled town of Judah,

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    27 And the king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.

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    19 And all the store-towns and the towns which Solomon had for his war-carriages and for his horsemen, and everything which it was his pleasure to put up in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land under his rule.

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    4 And he made offerings and had perfumes burned in the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.

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