2 Chronicles 27:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He built the Upper Gate to the LORD’s temple and did a lot of work on the wall in the area known as Ophel.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 33:14 : 14 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.
  • Neh 3:26-27 : 26 and the temple servants who were living on Ophel worked up to the area opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the protruding tower. 27 After them the men of Tekoa worked on another section, from opposite the great protruding tower to the wall of Ophel.
  • Jer 20:2 : 2 When he heard Jeremiah’s prophecy, he had the prophet flogged. Then he put him in the stocks which were at the Upper Gate of Benjamin in the LORD’s temple.
  • 2 Chr 23:20 : 20 He summoned the officers of the units of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of the land, and he then led the king down from the LORD’s temple. They entered the royal palace through the Upper Gate and seated the king on the royal throne.

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  • 2 Chr 33:14
    80%

    14After 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.

  • 2 Chr 27:4
    79%

    4He built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.

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

    34He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Uzziah had done.

    35But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places. He built the Upper Gate to the LORD’s temple.

  • 2 Chr 26:9
    77%

    9Uzziah built and fortified towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, Valley Gate, and at the Angle.

  • Neh 3:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1The Names of the Builders Then Eliashib the high priest and his priestly colleagues arose and built the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and erected its doors, working as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel.

    2The men of Jericho built adjacent to it, and Zaccur son of Imri built adjacent to them.

    3The sons of Hassenaah rebuilt the Fish Gate. They laid its beams and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

  • Neh 3:25-29
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    25After him Palal son of Uzai worked opposite the buttress and the tower that protrudes from the upper palace of the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah son of Parosh

    26and the temple servants who were living on Ophel worked up to the area opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the protruding tower.

    27After them the men of Tekoa worked on another section, from opposite the great protruding tower to the wall of Ophel.

    28Above the Horse Gate the priests worked, each in front of his house.

    29After them Zadok son of Immer worked opposite his house, and after him Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, guard at the East Gate, worked.

  • 2 Chr 27:2
    74%

    2He did what the LORD approved, just as his father Uzziah had done.(He did not, however, have the audacity to enter the temple.) Yet the people were still sinning.

  • 2 Chr 32:5
    74%

    5Hezekiah energetically rebuilt every broken wall. He erected towers and an outer wall, and fortified the terrace of the City of David. He made many weapons and shields.

  • 2 Chr 29:3
    73%

    3In the first month of the first year of his reign, he opened the doors of the LORD’s temple and repaired them.

  • 1 Kgs 6:36
    73%

    36He built the inner courtyard with three rows of chiseled stones and a row of cedar beams.

  • 1 Kgs 6:5
    72%

    5He built an extension all around the walls of the temple’s main hall and holy place and constructed side rooms in it.

  • 2 Chr 26:6
    72%

    6Uzziah attacked the Philistines and broke down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. He built cities in the region of Ashdod and throughout Philistine territory.

  • 2 Chr 33:3-5
    3 verses
    72%

    3He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky and worshiped them.

    4He built altars in the LORD’s temple, about which the LORD had said,“Jerusalem will be my permanent home.”

    5In the two courtyards of the LORD’s temple he built altars for all the stars in the sky.

  • 2 Chr 17:12
    71%

    12Jehoshaphat’s power kept increasing. He built fortresses and storage cities throughout Judah.

  • 2 Chr 8:5
    70%

    5He made upper Beth Horon and lower Beth Horon fortified cities with walls and barred gates,

  • Neh 3:19-21
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    19Adjacent to him Ezer son of Jeshua, head of Mizpah, worked on another section, opposite the ascent to the armory at the buttress.

    20After him Baruch son of Zabbai worked on another section, from the buttress to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

    21After him Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, worked on another section from the door of Eliashib’s house to the end of it.

  • 1 Kgs 6:9
    70%

    9He finished building the temple and covered it with rafters and boards made of cedar.

  • Neh 3:6
    70%

    6Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah worked on the Jeshanah Gate. They laid its beams and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

  • 2 Chr 14:7
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    7He said to the people of Judah:“Let’s build these cities and fortify them with walls, towers, and barred gates. The land remains ours because we have followed the LORD our God; we have followed him, and he has made us secure on all sides.” So they built the cities and prospered.

  • 1 Kgs 6:16
    70%

    16He built a wall 30 feet in from the rear of the temple as a partition for an inner sanctuary that would be the most holy place. He paneled the wall with cedar planks from the floor to the rafters.

  • 2 Kgs 21:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4He built altars in the LORD’s temple, about which the LORD had said,“Jerusalem will be my home.”

    5In the two courtyards of the LORD’s temple he built altars for all the stars in the sky.

  • 2 Chr 3:1
    70%

    1The Building of the Temple Solomon began building the LORD’s temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David prepared at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

  • Neh 3:15
    69%

    15Shallun son of Col-Hozeh, head of the district of Mizpah, worked on the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it, put on its roof, and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars. In addition, he rebuilt the wall of the Pool of Siloam, by the royal garden, as far as the steps that go down from the City of David.

  • 2 Chr 3:7
    69%

    7He overlaid the temple’s rafters, thresholds, walls and doors with gold; he carved decorative cherubim on the walls.

  • 2 Chr 3:5
    69%

    5He paneled the main hall with boards made from evergreen trees and plated it with fine gold, decorated with palm trees and chains.

  • 1 Kgs 7:12
    69%

    12Around the great courtyard were three rows of chiseled stones and one row of cedar beams, like the inner courtyard of the LORD’s temple and the hall of the palace.

  • Neh 3:23
    69%

    23After them Benjamin and Hasshub worked opposite their house. After them Azariah son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, worked near his house.

  • 2 Chr 31:11
    69%

    11Hezekiah ordered that storerooms be prepared in the LORD’s temple. When this was done,

  • Ezek 42:3
    69%

    3Opposite the 35 feet that belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer court, gallery faced gallery in the three stories.

  • Neh 3:13
    69%

    13Hanun and the residents of Zanoah worked on the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars, in addition to working on fifteen hundred feet of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.

  • 2 Kgs 18:3
    69%

    3He did what the LORD approved, just as his ancestor David had done.

  • 1 Chr 11:8
    69%

    8He built up the city around it, from the terrace to the surrounding walls; Joab restored the rest of the city.

  • 2 Chr 33:16
    69%

    16He erected the altar of the LORD and offered on it peace offerings and thank offerings. He told the people of Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 11:6
    69%

    6Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

  • 1 Kgs 9:15
    69%

    15Here are the details concerning the work crews King Solomon conscripted to build the LORD’s temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem, and the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

  • 1 Kgs 3:2
    68%

    2Now the people were offering sacrifices at the high places, because in those days a temple had not yet been built to honor the LORD.

  • Neh 12:37
    68%

    37They went over the Fountain Gate and continued directly up the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall. They passed the house of David and continued on to the Water Gate toward the east.

  • Neh 3:8
    68%

    8Uzziel son of Harhaiah, a member of the goldsmiths’ guild, worked on the section adjacent to him. Hananiah, a member of the perfumers’ guild, worked on the section adjacent to him. They plastered the city wall of Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.