2 Chronicles 33:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

After this, he built a wall outside the city of David on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, reaching the entrance of the Fish Gate, and encircled Ophel, raising it to a great height, and put commanders of war in all the fortified cities of Judah.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Afterward, he rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David west of Gihon in the valley, as far as the entrance of the Fish Gate and surrounding the Ophel. He made it much higher. He also placed military commanders in all the fortified cities in Judah.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Now after this{H310} he built{H1129} an outer wall{H2346} to the city{H5892} of David,{H1732} on the west side{H4628} of Gihon,{H1521} in{H935} the valley,{H5158} even to the entrance{H935} at the fish{H1709} gate;{H8179} and he compassed{H5437} Ophel{H6077} about [with it], and raised it up{H1361} to a very great height:{H3966} and he put{H7760} valiant{H2428} captains{H8269} in all the fortified{H1219} cities{H5892} of Judah.{H3063}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Now after this{H310} he built{H1129}{(H8804)} a wall{H2346} without{H2435} the city{H5892} of David{H1732}, on the west side{H4628} of Gihon{H1521}, in the valley{H5158}, even to the entering in{H935}{(H8800)} at the fish{H1709} gate{H8179}, and compassed{H5437}{(H8804)} about Ophel{H6077}, and raised it up{H1361}{(H8686)} a very great height{H3966}, and put{H7760}{(H8799)} captains{H8269} of war{H2428} in all the fenced{H1219}{(H8803)} cities{H5892} of Judah{H3063}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Afterwarde buylded he ye vttemost wall of the cite of Dauid, on the west syde of Gihon by the broke, and at the intraunce of the Fyshgate, and rounde aboute Ophel, and made it very hye. And layed captaynes in ye stroge cities of Iuda,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Nowe after this he built a wall without the citie of Dauid, on the Westside of Gihon in the valley, euen at the entrie of the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it very hie, and put captaines of warre in all the strong cities of Iudah.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    After this he buylt a wall without the citie of Dauid on the west side of Gion, in the valley, as they came to the fishe gate, and round about Ophel, & brought it vp of a very great heyght, and put captaynes of warre in all the strong cities of Iuda.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And after this he hath built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west of Gihon, in the valley, and at the entering in at the fish-gate, and it hath gone round to the tower, and he maketh it exceeding high, and he putteth heads of the force in all the cities of the bulwarks in Judah.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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 encircled Ophel [with it], and raised it up to a very great height: and he put valiant captains in all the fortified cities of Judah.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    After this Manasseh built up the outer wall of the City of David on the west side of the Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate and all around the terrace; he made it much higher. He placed army officers in all the fortified cities in Judah.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 1:33 : 33 The king also said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon.
  • 2 Chr 27:3 : 3 He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built extensively.
  • Neh 3:3 : 3 But the fish gate was built by the sons of Hassenaah, who also laid its beams, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars.
  • Neh 12:39 : 39 And from above the Gate of Ephraim, and above the Old Gate, and above the Fish Gate, and the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of Meah, even to the Sheep Gate, and they stopped at the Prison Gate.
  • Zeph 1:10 : 10 And it shall come to pass in that day, says the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.
  • Neh 3:26-27 : 26 Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, to the place opposite the water gate toward the east, and the tower that protrudes. 27 After them the Tekoites repaired another section, opposite the great tower that protrudes, even to the wall of Ophel.
  • 2 Chr 32:5 : 5 He also strengthened himself, and rebuilt all the wall that was broken, and raised it to the towers, and built another wall outside, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.
  • 2 Chr 32:30 : 30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
  • 1 Kgs 1:45 : 45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have come up from there rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar. This is the noise you have heard.
  • 2 Chr 11:11-12 : 11 And he fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and provisions of food, oil, and wine. 12 In every city he put shields and spears, and made them exceedingly strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
  • 2 Chr 17:19 : 19 These served the king, besides those whom the king placed in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 27:3-4
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    3 He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built extensively.

    4 Moreover, he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests, he built fortresses and towers.

  • 2 Chr 32:5-6
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    79%

    5 He also strengthened himself, and rebuilt all the wall that was broken, and raised it to the towers, and built another wall outside, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.

    6 And he appointed captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the open space at the city gate, and spoke encouragingly to them, saying,

  • 6 And he went out and fought against the Philistines, breaking down the wall of Gath, the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities around Ashdod among the Philistines.

  • 9 Moreover, Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, at the Valley Gate, and at the angle of the wall, and fortified them.

  • 2 Chr 14:6-7
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    6 And he built fortified cities in Judah, for the land was at rest, and he had no war in those years, because the LORD had given him rest.

    7 Therefore he said to Judah, 'Let us build these cities, and make walls around them, with towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet at peace; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side.' So they built and prospered.

  • 8 And he built the city all around, from Millo around, and Joab repaired the rest of the city.

  • 1 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the sheep gate. They sanctified it and set up its doors; even to the tower of Meah they sanctified it, to the tower of Hananeel.

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    11 And he fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and provisions of food, oil, and wine.

    12 In every city he put shields and spears, and made them exceedingly strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.

  • 12 And Jehoshaphat grew exceedingly great; and he built castles and storage cities in Judah.

  • 9 So David dwelt in the fort and called it the City of David, and David built all around from Millo inward.

  • Neh 3:15-16
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    71%

    15 But the fountain gate was repaired by Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, covered it, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and to the stairs that descend from the city of David.

    16 After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half of Bethzur, to the place opposite the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was constructed, and to the house of the mighty.

  • 2 And he placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

  • Neh 12:37-39
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    71%

    37 And at the Fountain Gate, which was opposite them, they went up by the stairs of the City of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even to the Water Gate eastward.

    38 The other company of those who gave thanks went opposite them, and I after them, and half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the Tower of the Furnaces even to the Broad Wall;

    39 And from above the Gate of Ephraim, and above the Old Gate, and above the Fish Gate, and the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of Meah, even to the Sheep Gate, and they stopped at the Prison Gate.

  • Neh 3:23-27
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    71%

    23 After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub opposite their house. After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah by his house.

    24 After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another section, from the house of Azariah to the turning of the wall, even to the corner.

    25 Palal the son of Uzai, opposite the turning of the wall, and the tower which protrudes from the king's high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.

    26 Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, to the place opposite the water gate toward the east, and the tower that protrudes.

    27 After them the Tekoites repaired another section, opposite the great tower that protrudes, even to the wall of Ophel.

  • 15 And he removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the LORD, and all the altars he had built on the hill of the house of the LORD and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

  • 13 And Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, four hundred cubits.

  • 5 Also he built upper Bethhoron and lower Bethhoron, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

  • Isa 22:9-10
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    70%

    9 You have also seen the breaches of the city of David, that they are many; and you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

    10 And you have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses you have broken down to fortify the wall.

  • 30 After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another section. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah opposite his chamber.

  • 8 Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.

  • 15 This is the reason for the levy which king Solomon raised; to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

  • Neh 12:30-31
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    70%

    30 The priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.

    31 Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of those who gave thanks, of which one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the Dung Gate.

  • 3 But the fish gate was built by the sons of Hassenaah, who also laid its beams, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars.

  • 19 And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another section opposite the ascent to the armory at the turning of the wall.

  • 1 After these events and their establishment, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and entered into Judah, and camped against the fortified cities, thinking to conquer them for himself.

  • 17 To that above the door, even to the inner house, and outside, and by all the wall all around inside and outside, by measure.

  • 5 And against the wall of the house he built chambers all around, against the walls of the house all around, both of the temple and of the oracle; and he made chambers all around.

  • 13 The valley gate was repaired by Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars, and a thousand cubits on the wall to the dung gate.

  • 14 He made the gateposts sixty cubits high, and the court all around the gateway extended to the gatepost.

  • 12 Now the building that faced the separate place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits wide; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length ninety cubits.

  • 30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

  • 23 And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

  • 39 And the measuring line shall again extend straight to the hill Gareb, and then shall turn toward Goath.

  • 15 Then I went up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.

  • 5 All these cities were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides a great many unwalled towns.