2 Chronicles 26:9

World English Bible (2000)

Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning [of the wall], and fortified them.

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  • Neh 3:13 : 13 The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and one thousand cubits of the wall to the dung gate.
  • 2 Kgs 14:13 : 13 Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
  • 2 Chr 25:23 : 23 Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth Shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
  • Neh 2:13 : 13 I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward the jackal's well, and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and its gates were consumed with fire.
  • Neh 2:15 : 15 Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.
  • Neh 3:19-20 : 19 Next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another portion, over against the ascent to the armory at the turning [of the wall]. 20 After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired another portion, from the turning [of the wall] to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
  • Neh 3:24 : 24 After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another portion, from the house of Azariah to the turning [of the wall], and to the corner.
  • Neh 3:32 : 32 Between the ascent of the corner and the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.
  • Jer 31:38 : 38 Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that the city shall be built to Yahweh from the tower of Hananel to the gate of the corner.
  • Zech 14:10 : 10 All the land will be made like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and she will be lifted up, and will dwell in her place, from Benjamin's gate to the place of the first gate, to the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananel to the king's winepresses.

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  • 2 Chr 26:13-15
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    13 Under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, who made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.

    14 Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the army, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging.

    15 He made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and on the battlements, with which to shoot arrows and great stones. His name spread far abroad; for he was marvelously helped, until he was strong.

  • 2 Chr 26:10-11
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    10 He built towers in the wilderness, and dug out many cisterns, for he had much livestock; in the lowland also, and in the plain: [and he had] farmers and vineyard keepers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields; for he loved farming.

    11 Moreover Uzziah had an army of fighting men, who went out to war by bands, according to the number of their reckoning made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains.

  • 2 Chr 27:3-4
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    3 He built the upper gate of the house of Yahweh, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

    4 Moreover he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.

  • 2 Chr 26:6-8
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    6 He went forth and warred against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in [the country of] Ashdod, and among the Philistines.

    7 God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who lived in Gur Baal, and the Meunim.

    8 The Ammonites gave tribute to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entrance of Egypt; for he grew exceeding strong.

  • 2 Chr 33:14
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    14 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.

  • 2 Chr 32:5-6
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    5 He took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised [it] up to the towers, and the other wall outside, and strengthened Millo [in] the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.

    6 He set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the broad place at the gate of the city, and spoke comfortably to them, saying,

  • Ezek 26:9
    71%

    9 He shall set his battering engines against your walls, and with his axes he shall break down your towers.

  • Isa 2:15
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    15 For every lofty tower, for every fortified wall,

  • 2 Chr 14:7
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    7 For he said to Judah, "Let us build these cities, and make walls around them, with towers, gates, and bars. The land is yet before us, because we have sought Yahweh our God; we have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side." So they built and prospered.

  • 2 Chr 8:5
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    5 Also he built Beth Horon the upper, and Beth Horon the lower, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

  • Neh 3:24-27
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    24 After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another portion, from the house of Azariah to the turning [of the wall], and to the corner.

    25 Palal the son of Uzai [repaired] over against the turning [of the wall], and the tower that stands out from the upper house of the king, which is by the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh [repaired].

    26 (Now the Nethinim lived in Ophel, to the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that stands out.)

    27 After him the Tekoites repaired another portion, over against the great tower that stands out, and to the wall of Ophel.

  • Isa 26:1
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    1 In that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: "We have a strong city. God appoints salvation for walls and bulwarks.

  • Isa 22:10
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    10 You numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall.

  • 2 Chr 17:12
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    12 Jehoshaphat grew great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles and cities of store.

  • 2 Chr 11:10-12
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    10 and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities.

    11 He fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of food, and oil and wine.

    12 In every city [he put] shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

  • Neh 12:37-39
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    37 By the spring gate, and straight before 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 to meet them, and I after them, with the half of the people, on the wall, above the tower of the furnaces, even to the broad wall,

    39 and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even to the sheep gate: and they stood still in the gate of the guard.

  • 2 Kgs 15:35
    68%

    35 However the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of Yahweh.

  • 2 Sam 5:9
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    9 David lived in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. David built around from Millo and inward.

  • 1 Chr 11:8
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    8 He built the city all around, from Millo even around; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.

  • Neh 3:1
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    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 Hammeah they sanctified it, to the tower of Hananel.

  • Neh 3:19
    68%

    19 Next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another portion, over against the ascent to the armory at the turning [of the wall].

  • Neh 3:8
    68%

    8 Next to him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths. Next to him repaired Hananiah one of the perfumers, and they fortified Jerusalem even to the broad wall.

  • Jer 31:38
    67%

    38 Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that the city shall be built to Yahweh from the tower of Hananel to the gate of the corner.

  • Ezek 4:2
    67%

    2 and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it all around.

  • Jer 1:18
    67%

    18 For, behold, I have made you this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and bronze walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land.

  • 2 Chr 25:23
    67%

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

  • Ps 48:12
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    12 Walk about Zion, and go around her. Number its towers.

  • 2 Chr 26:2
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    2 He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

  • 2 Kgs 14:13
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    13 Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

  • Ezek 40:14
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    14 He made also posts, sixty cubits; and the court [reached] to the posts, around the gate.

  • 1 Kgs 9:15
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    15 This is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised, to build the house of Yahweh, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

  • 2 Kgs 17:9
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    9 The children of Israel did secretly things that were not right against Yahweh their God: and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city;

  • 1 Kgs 6:5
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    5 Against the wall of the house he built stories all around, against the walls of the house all around, both of the temple and of the oracle; and he made side rooms all around.

  • 2 Chr 17:2
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    2 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.

  • Zeph 1:16
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    16 a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.