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.
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3He built the Upper Gate to the LORD’s temple and did a lot of work on the wall in the area known as Ophel.
4He built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.
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.
6He appointed military officers over the army and assembled them in the square at the city gate. He encouraged them, saying,
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.
9Uzziah built and fortified towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, Valley Gate, and at the Angle.
6He built fortified cities throughout Judah, for the land was at rest and there was no war during those years; the LORD gave him peace.
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.
8He built up the city around it, from the terrace to the surrounding walls; Joab restored the rest of the city.
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.
11He fortified these cities and placed officers in them, as well as storehouses of food, olive oil, and wine.
12In each city there were shields and spears; he strongly fortified them. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
12Jehoshaphat’s power kept increasing. He built fortresses and storage cities throughout Judah.
9So David lived in the fortress and called it the City of David. David built all around it, from the terrace inwards.
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.
16Nehemiah son of Azbuk, head of a half-district of Beth Zur, worked after him as far as the tombs of David and the artificial pool and the House of the Warriors.
2He placed troops in all of Judah’s fortified cities and posted garrisons throughout the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had seized.
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.
38The second choir was proceeding in the opposite direction. I followed them, along with half the people, on top of the wall, past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall,
39over the Ephraim Gate, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate. They stopped at the Gate of the Guard.
23After them Benjamin and Hasshub worked opposite their house. After them Azariah son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, worked near his house.
24After him Binnui son of Henadad worked on another section, from the house of Azariah to the buttress and the corner.
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.
15He removed the foreign gods and images from the LORD’s temple and all the altars he had built on the hill of the LORD’s temple and in Jerusalem; he threw them outside the city.
13King Jehoash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah, son of Jehoash son of Ahaziah, in Beth Shemesh. He attacked Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate– a distance of about six hundred feet.
5He made upper Beth Horon and lower Beth Horon fortified cities with walls and barred gates,
9You saw the many breaks in the walls of the City of David; you stored up water in the lower pool.
10You counted the houses in Jerusalem, and demolished houses so you could have material to reinforce the wall.
30After him Hananiah son of Shelemiah, and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, worked on another section. After them Meshullam son of Berechiah worked opposite his quarters.
8In the eighteenth year of his reign, he continued his policy of purifying the land and the temple. He sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the city official, and Joah son of Joahaz the secretary to repair the temple of the LORD his God.
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.
30When the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.
31I brought the leaders of Judah up on top of the wall, and I appointed two large choirs to give thanks. One was to proceed on the top of the wall southward toward the Dung Gate.
3The sons of Hassenaah rebuilt the Fish Gate. They laid its beams and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
19Adjacent to him Ezer son of Jeshua, head of Mizpah, worked on another section, opposite the ascent to the armory at the buttress.
1Sennacherib Invades Judah After these faithful deeds were accomplished, King Sennacherib of Assyria invaded Judah. He besieged the fortified cities, intending to seize them.
17to the space above the entrance, to the inner room, and on the outside, and on all the walls in the inner room and outside, by measurement.
5He built an extension all around the walls of the temple’s main hall and holy place and constructed side rooms in it.
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.
14He measured the porch at 105 feet high; the gateway went all around to the jamb of the courtyard.
12The building that was facing the temple courtyard at the west side was 122½ feet wide; the wall of the building was 8¾ feet thick all around, and its length 157½ feet.
30Hezekiah dammed up the source of the waters of the Upper Gihon and directed them down to the west side of the City of David. Hezekiah succeeded in all that he did.
23King Joash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah, son of Joash son of Jehoahaz, in Beth Shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem. He broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate– a distance of about six hundred feet.
39The boundary line will extend beyond that, straight west from there to the Hill of Gareb and then turn southward to Goah.
15I continued up the valley during the night, inspecting the wall. Then I turned back and came to the Valley Gate, and so returned.
5All of these cities were fortified by high walls, gates, and locking bars; in addition there were a great many open villages.