He took courage, built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised it up to the towers, with the other wall outside, and strengthened Millo in David’s city, and made weapons and shields in abundance.
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He took courage, built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised it up to the towers, with the other wall outside, and strengthened Millo in David’s city, and made weapons and shields in abundance.
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Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.
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And he took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and strengthened Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 32:5 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Chronicles 25:23 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.
- 1 Kings 9:24 But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of David’s city to her house which Solomon had built for her. Then he built Millo.
- 2 Samuel 5:9 David lived in the stronghold, and called it David’s city. David built around from Millo and inward.
- 2 Kings 25:4 Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden (now the Chaldeans were against the city around it); and the king went by the way of the Arabah.
- Isaiah 22:9-10 You saw the breaches of David’s city, that they were many; and you gathered together the waters of the lower pool. You counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall.
- Judges 9:6 All the men of Shechem assembled themselves together with all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king by the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem.
- 1 Kings 11:27 This was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breach of his father David’s city.
- 2 Kings 12:20 His servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and struck Joash at the house of Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla.
- 2 Chronicles 12:1 When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and he was strong, he abandoned Yahweh’s law, and all Israel with him.
- 2 Chronicles 14:5-7 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun images; and the kingdom was quiet before him. He built fortified cities in Judah; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because Yahweh had given him rest. For he said to Judah, “Let’s 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 Chronicles 17:1-2 Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Israel. 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.
- 2 Chronicles 23:1 In the seventh year, Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, Azariah the son of Obed, Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into a covenant with him.
- 2 Chronicles 26:8 The Ammonites gave tribute to Uzziah. His name spread abroad even to the entrance of Egypt; for he grew exceedingly strong.
- 2 Chronicles 26:14-15 Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the army, shields, spears, helmets, coats of mail, bows, and stones for slinging. In Jerusalem, he made devices, 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, because he was marvelously helped until he was strong.
- Jeremiah 39:4 When Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, then they fled, and went out of the city by night, by the way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls; and he went out toward the Arabah.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Hebrew, he was strengthened.
Hebrew, he was strengthened.
He made a double wall.
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Read 2 Sam. 5:9.
Some read, swords or daggers.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 32:5 Also he strengthened himself, and built up…
2Ch 32:5 Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised [it] up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo [in] the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.
Ver. 5. And raised it up to the towers.] Or, Mounted the warlike engines upon the towers, for his better defence.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The wall that was broken by Joash, 2Ch 25:23,…
The wall that was broken by Joash, 2Ch 25:23, and not since repaired.
Up to the towers; either,
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1. As high as the towers, or the tops of the wall. Or,
2. As far as the two towers, or gates, which were made in the form of towers, and had the use of towers, to wit, that of Ephraim and the corner gate, both mentioned above, 2Ch 25:23. Or, brought up engines or instruments of defence upon the towers.
Millo; of which see 1Ki 9:24; 11:27.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he set captains of war over the people,....…
And he set captains of war over the people,.... To teach them the exercises of war, to lead them on against the enemy, to direct them where to stand, and what to do in defence of the city:
and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city; the street which led to the gate, and was large and commodious to assemble the people in:
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and spake comfortably to them; to animate and encourage them to hold out the siege, and do all they could to repel the enemy;
saying; as follows.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 5. Raised it up to the towers] He…
Verse 5. Raised it up to the towers] He built the wall up to the height of the towers, or, having built the wall, he raised towers on it.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ch 32:5. He built up all the wall that…
2Ch 32:5. He built up all the wall that was broken — Which Joash, king of Israel, had broken down, and which had not since been repaired. And raised it up to the towers — Either as high as the towers, or tops of the wall; or from the gate of Ephraim as far as the two towers, which were at the corner-gate, having been raised there for the defence of it. So that the wall, that had been broken down, was all rebuilt. See 2Ch 25:23. And repaired Millo — Of which see note on 1Ki 9:15.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The breaches in the wall of Jerusalem were not…
The breaches in the wall of Jerusalem were not entirely due to the old hostility of Joash (marginal reference); but may have been caused either by neglect and carelessness in the reign of Ahaz 2 Chr. 28, or by the simple process of natural decay. Hezekiah pulled down houses for the purpose of his repairs Isa 22:10.
On Millo, see the marginal references notes.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Without, of less strength. --- Mello, the palace, which…
Without, of less strength. --- Mello, the palace, which was strongly situated, and Ezechias added fresh fortifications, 2 K. v. 9. --- Arms. Heb. "darts."
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain he strengthened himself--He made a careful inspection of the…
he strengthened himself--He made a careful inspection of the city defenses for the purpose of repairing breaches in the wall here, renewing the masonry there, raising projecting machines to the towers, and especially fortifying the lower portion of Zion, that is, Millo, "(in) the original city of David." "In" is a supplement of our translators, and the text reads better without it, for it was not the whole city that was repaired, but only the lower portion of Zion, or the original "city of David."
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 5. The wall that was broken — What particular…
5. The wall that was broken — What particular part of the walls, and when and how they were broken, is not told. Rawlinson suggests that they had fallen by neglect and carelessness in the reign of Ahaz, or by the natural process of decay, and were hastily repaired with the ruins of neighbouring houses. Isa_22:10.
Raised it up to the towers — The Hebrew text reads, literally, he brought up upon the towers, but the meaning is obscure. The text seems to be defective, and the most plausible emendation is, he raised up towers upon it; that is, he built towers upon the wall. Perhaps he merely fortified the towers which Uzziah had built. 2Ch_26:9.
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Another wall without — Thought by some to be the wall of the lower city, but the reference is uncertain.
Millo — The ancient fortress or rampart which David built on Zion. See note on 2Sa_5:11.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 5. Also he strengthened himself] R.V. And he took…
5. Also he strengthened himself] R.V. And he took courage. Cp. 2Ch_1:1 (note).
broken] R.V. broken down; cp. 2Ch_25:23 (note).
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raised it up to the towers] Render, repaired the towers, lit. “brought up [healing, restoration] upon the towers; cp. 2Ch_24:13 (Heb.); Neh_4:1 (Heb.). The ellipse is harsh, but not too harsh for the Chronicler. Vulg. reads, “built towers upon it.”
another wall] R.V. the other wall. In Isa_22:9-11 the preparations to meet the Assyrian attack are described by the prophet who speaks of a “ditch” (R.V. “reservoir”) made at this time between “the two walls.” In Excavations at Jerusalem, 1894–1897, Dr Bliss describes a buttressed wall (pp. 96 ff.) built without lime (see his frontispiece for an illustration of it) and enclosing the pool of Siloam on the S.E, which, he says, “may date back as far as Hezekiah” (pp. 325 f.). Dr Bliss also, following up a clue given by earlier explorers found a second wall (running at an angle to the first) enclosing the pool on the west. This second wall was probably due to Herod, but Dr Bliss suggests that the line it follows may have been defended by a wall as early as Hezekiah’s day (p. 326). Thus it is not hard to infer the general course of Hezekiah’s two walls.
Millo] Cp. 1Ch_11:8, note.
darts and shields] These were meant, not for such trained soldiers as Hezekiah could collect, but for the levy en masse with which the king proposed to man the walls. A dart to throw and a shield to protect the thrower as he threw were all that the citizen-soldier needed. The Heb. word (shelaḥ) means “dart, missile”; the more general rendering of the R.V. “weapons” obscures the meaning of Hezekiah’s preparations.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (5) Also he strengthened himself.—And he took courage. (2Ch_15:8;…
(5) Also he strengthened himself.—And he took courage. (2Ch_15:8; 2Ch_18:1.)
Built up all the wall that was broken.—Isa_22:9-10, where “many breaches” are spoken of, and it is said that “houses were pulled down to fortify the wall.”
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Raised it up to the towers.—Heb., and went up on the towers, or, and caused to go up on the towers. A different division of the Hebrew letters will give the sense “and raised upon it towers,” which is probably correct. Thenius prefers to keep the ordinary reading, which he understands to mean, and heightened the towers; alleging that 2Ch_26:9 shows that the wall was already furnished with towers. The LXX. has simply καί πύργους, “and towers;” the Vulgate, “et exstruxit turres desuper.” The Syriac renders, “Let them show themselves strong, and make another wall opposite the wall, and let them stop up the ditch which David made.”
Another wall without.—Literally, and on the outside of the wall (he built) another—viz., the wall enclosing the lower city or Aera, which he “built,” that is, repaired and strengthened. (See Isa_22:11, “the two walls.”)
Repaired.—2Ch_11:11.
Millo.—The rampart. See Note on 1Ch_11:8.
In the city of David.—To wit, the city of David.
Darts.—Shelah. See Note on 2Ch_23:10, and comp. 2Ch_26:14. The Hebrew is “missiles in abundance, and shields.”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain He strengthened himself; i.e., as in our several previous…
He strengthened himself; i.e., as in our several previous instances of the occurrence of the phrase (1Ch_11:10; 2Ch_12:1 2Ch_25:11 2Ch_26:8) he took all possible means to make himself and people and city strong to withstand the invader. All the wall that was broken. (see Isa_22:9) Although we read that the devastation wrought by Joash (2Ch_25:23) was very largely repaired by Uzziah (2Ch_26:9) and by Jotham, (2Ch_27:3) it is not explicitly said that the broken four hundred cubits of wall, from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, were made absolutely good again, although in the matter of towers and fortifications much was evidently done. Note also the word "all" here, side by side with the "much" of (2Ch_27:3. And raised (it) up to the towers. Discard this Authorized Version rendering. The meaning cannot be certainly pronounced upon, hut perhaps it may be intended to say that he heightened the towers. The objection is that the same verb is wanted for the next clause, and that its rendering would need to be there slightly reduced again to a mere statement of raising from the ground (i.e. building) another wall without. Repaired Millo. (see note, 1Ch_11:8)
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain Also he
Also he
Cf. Isa 22:1-13 The divine view at this time:
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Hezekiah took courage and built up ... He built…
Hezekiah took courage and built up ... He built ... He also ... he made
The readers should understand that Hezekiah probably commanded other people to do the actual work. AT: "Hezekiah took courage and commanded the people to build up ... They built ... They also ... they made" (See: Synecdoche)
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Hezekiah took courage and built up
Possible meanings are 1) Hezekiah strengthened his position by commanding the people to repair the walls of the city. You can make this clear by using the connecting word "by." AT: "Hezekiah strengthened the city by building up" or 2) he became encouraged. AT: "Hezekiah became encouraged and built up" (See: Connecting Words)
the Millo
This is a part of the wall on the north side of Jerusalem.
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watchtower
city of David
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