Verse 5

Hezekiah 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.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 25:23 : 23 King 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.
  • 1 Kgs 9:24 : 24 Solomon built the terrace as soon as Pharaoh’s daughter moved up from the City of David to the palace Solomon built for her.
  • 2 Sam 5:9 : 9 So David lived in the fortress and called it the City of David. David built all around it, from the terrace inwards.
  • 2 Kgs 25:4 : 4 The enemy broke through the city walls, and all the soldiers tried to escape. They left the city during the night. They went through the gate between the two walls that is near the king’s garden.(The Babylonians were all around the city.) Then they headed for the rift valley.
  • Isa 22:9-9 : 9 You saw the many breaks in the walls of the City of David; you stored up water in the lower pool. 10 You counted the houses in Jerusalem, and demolished houses so you could have material to reinforce the wall.
  • Jer 39:4 : 4 When King Zedekiah of Judah and all his soldiers saw them, they tried to escape. They departed from the city during the night. They took a path through the king’s garden and passed out through the gate between the two walls. Then they headed for the rift valley.
  • 2 Chr 26:8 : 8 The Ammonites paid tribute to Uzziah and his fame reached the border of Egypt, for he grew in power.
  • 2 Chr 26:14-15 : 14 Uzziah supplied shields, spears, helmets, breastplates, bows, and slingstones for the entire army. 15 In Jerusalem he made war machines carefully designed to shoot arrows and large stones from the towers and corners of the walls. He became very famous, for he received tremendous support and became powerful.
  • 2 Chr 12:1 : 1 After Rehoboam’s rule was established and solidified, he and all Israel rejected the law of the LORD.
  • 2 Chr 14:5-7 : 5 He removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah. The kingdom had rest under his rule. 6 He built fortified cities throughout Judah, for the land was at rest and there was no war during those years; the LORD gave him peace. 7 He 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.
  • 2 Chr 17:1-2 : 1 Jehoshaphat Becomes King His son Jehoshaphat replaced him as king and solidified his rule over Israel. 2 He 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.
  • 2 Chr 23:1 : 1 In the seventh year Jehoiada made a bold move. He made a pact with the officers of the units of hundreds: Azariah son of Jehoram, Ishmael son of Jehochanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zikri.
  • Judg 9:6 : 6 All the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo assembled and then went and made Abimelech king by the oak near the pillar in Shechem.
  • 1 Kgs 11:27 : 27 This is what prompted him to rebel against the king: Solomon built a terrace and he closed up a gap in the wall of the city of his father David.
  • 2 Kgs 12:20 : 20 His servants conspired against him and murdered Joash at Beth-Millo, on the road that goes down to Silla.