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2 Chronicles 26:10

He built towers in the wilderness, and dug out many cisterns, for he had much livestock; in the lowland also, and in the plain. He had farmers and vineyard keepers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields, for he loved farming.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    He built towers in the wilderness, and dug out many cisterns, for he had much livestock; in the lowland also, and in the plain. He had farmers and vineyard keepers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields, for he loved farming.

  • KJV King James Version

    Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And be built towers in the wilderness, and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much cattle; in the Lowland also, and in the table-land; and he had husbandmen and vinedressers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields; for he loved husbandry.

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Cross-references (5)

Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 26:10 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Genesis 26:18-21 Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham. He called their names after the names by which his father had called them. Isaac’s servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water. The herdsmen of Gerar argued with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” He called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him. They dug another well, and they argued over that, also. He called its name Sitnah.
  • Isaiah 29:17 Isn’t it yet a very little while, and Lebanon will be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field will be regarded as a forest?
  • 2 Kings 3:4 Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder; and he supplied the king of Israel with the wool of one hundred thousand lambs, and of one hundred thousand rams.
  • 2 Kings 19:23 By your messengers, you have defied the Lord, and have said, “With the multitude of my chariots, I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon, and I will cut down its tall cedars and its choice cypress trees; and I will enter into his farthest lodging place, the forest of his fruitful field.
  • 1 Chronicles 27:26-31 Over those who did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub; and over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite; and over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite; and over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that were in the lowland was Baal Hanan the Gederite; and over the cellars of oil was Joash; and over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite; and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai; and over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite; and over the donkeys was Jehdeiah the Meronothite; and over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagrite. All these were the rulers of the property which was king David’s.

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Explain this verse (15 sources)

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, pits.

Or, pits.

That is, in mount Carmel, or as the word signifieth in the fruitful field: it is also taken for a green ear of corn, when it is full, as Lev. 2:14.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 26:10 Also he built towers in the desert,…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain He built towers in the desert; partly to guard…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Moreover, Uzziah had an host of fighting men,.... A…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Towers - To guard his cattle from the inroads…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 10. Built towers in the desert] For the…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ch 26:10-11. He built towers in the desert —…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain He built towers in the desert - Refuges for…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Wilderness, for the protection of shepherds, 4 K. xvii.…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Also he built towers in the desert--for the threefold…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 10. Towers in… desert — Such towers were a…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 10. the desert] R.V. the wilderness (where the pastures…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (10) In the desert.—Or, grazing country, i.e., the “wilderness…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Towers in the desert; Hebrew, rB; zMiB; the rendering…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain For he loved husbandry.

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