2 Chronicles 27:4

Webster's Bible (1833)

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

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  • Josh 14:12-13 : 12 Now therefore give me this hill-country, of which Yahweh spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakim were there, and cities great and fortified: it may be that Yahweh will be with me, and I shall drive them out, as Yahweh spoke. 13 Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
  • 2 Chr 11:5-9 : 5 Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah. 6 He built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, 7 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, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities.
  • 2 Chr 14:7 : 7 For he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and 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 26:9-9 : 9 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. 10 He built towers in the wilderness, and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much cattle; 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.
  • Luke 1:39 : 39 Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah,

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    12Jehoshaphat grew great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles and cities of store.

    13He had many works in the cities of Judah; and men of war, mighty men of valor, in Jerusalem.

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

  • 2 Chr 26:6
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    6He 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.

  • 2 Chr 8:4-6
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    4He built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store-cities, which he built in Hamath.

    5Also he built Beth Horon the upper, and Beth Horon the lower, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

    6and Baalath, and all the store-cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

  • 2 Chr 26:9-10
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    9Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning [of the wall], and fortified them.

    10He built towers in the wilderness, and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much cattle; 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.

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

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

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

  • 2 Chr 33:14
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    14Now 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.

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    5Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.

    6He built fortified cities in Judah; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because Yahweh had given him rest.

    7For he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and 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.

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    5Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.

    6He built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

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    5He 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.

  • 2 Chr 33:4-5
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    4He built altars in the house of Yahweh, of which Yahweh said, In Jerusalem shall my name be forever.

    5He built altars for all the host of the sky in the two courts of the house of Yahweh.

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    2He 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.

  • 2 Chr 27:5
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    5He fought also with the king of the children of Ammon, and prevailed against them. The children of Ammon gave him the same year one hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon render to him, in the second year also, and in the third.

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    4He built altars in the house of Yahweh, of which Yahweh said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

    5He built altars for all the host of the sky in the two courts of the house of Yahweh.

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    27The king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.

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    7David lived in the stronghold; therefore they called it the city of David.

    8He built the city round about, from Millo even round about; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.

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    4He took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.

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    9David lived in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. David built round about from Millo and inward.

  • 2 Chr 19:5
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    5He set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,

  • 1 Kgs 10:27
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    27The king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.

  • 1 Kgs 9:19
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    19and all the store-cities that Solomon had, and the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

  • 2 Chr 21:11
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    11Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and made the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the prostitute, and led Judah astray.

  • 2 Chr 34:6
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    6[So did he] in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even to Naphtali, in their ruins round about.

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    36He built the inner court with three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams.

  • 2 Chr 28:4
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    4He sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

  • 2 Chr 8:2
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    2that the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

  • 2 Chr 26:15
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    15He 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.

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    10He built the stories against all the house, each five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.

  • 1 Kgs 7:2
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    2For he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length of it was one hundred cubits, and the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars.

  • Deut 3:5
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    5All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars; besides the unwalled towns a great many.

  • 1 Kgs 9:17
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    17Solomon built Gezer, and Beth Horon the lower,

  • 2 Chr 17:6
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    6His heart was lifted up in the ways of Yahweh: and furthermore he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.

  • 2 Kgs 17:9
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    9The 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;

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    35However 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.

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    15The king made silver and gold to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.

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    23For they also built them high places, and pillars, and Asherim, on every high hill, and under every green tree;

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    15This 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.