2 Chronik 33:14

Schlachter Bibel

Darnach baute er eine äußere Mauer an der Stadt Davids, westlich vom Bach Gihon und bis zum Eingang durch das Fischtor und rings um den Ophel, machte sie sehr hoch und legte Hauptleute in alle festen Städte Judas.

Parallel Translations

Lutherbible (1912)
Darnach baute er die äußere Mauer an der Stadt Davids abendswärts an Gihon im Tal und wo man zum Fischtor eingeht und umher an den Ophel und machte sie sehr hoch und legte Hauptleute in die festen Städte Juda's

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3327-3361, bc 677-643

he built: 2 Chronicles 32:5

Gihon: 2 Chronicles 32:30, 1 Kings 1:33, 1 Kings 1:45

fish gate: Nehemiah 3:3, Nehemiah 12:39, Zephaniah 1:10

Ophel: or, the tower, 2 Chronicles 27:3, Nehemiah 3:26, Nehemiah 3:27

put: 2 Chronicles 11:11, 2 Chronicles 11:12, 2 Chronicles 17:19

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 21:20 - the defenced

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now after this he built a wall without the city of David,.... Which perhaps had been broken down by the Assyrian army, when it came and took him; Vitringa l thinks this is the wall of the pool of Siloah, Nehemiah 3:15 which seems to be the first and oldest wall, as Josephus m; for that turning to the north bent towards the pool of Siloam; an Arabic writer n calls it the southern wall:

on the west side of Gihon; on the west side of the city, towards Gihon; for that was to the west of it, 2 Chronicles 32:30,

in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate; through which the fish were brought from Joppa, and where, according to the Targum, they were sold:

and compassed about Ophel; the eastern part of Mount Zion; some say it was the holy of holies, 2 Chronicles 27:3,

and raised it up a very great height; built the wall very high there:

and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah; this he did to put his kingdom in a posture of defence, should it be attacked by the Assyrian army again.

l Comment. in Jesaiam, c. 22. 9. m De Bello Jud. l. 5. c. 4. sect. 9. n Abulpharag. Hist. Dynast. Dyn. 3. p. 67.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Rather, “he built the outer wall of the city of David on the west of Gihon-in-the-valley.” The wall intended seems to have been that toward the northeast, which ran from the vicinity of the modern Damascus gate across the valley of Gihon, to the “fish-gate” at the northeast corner of the “city of David.”

We may gather from this verse that, late in his reign, Manasseh revolted from the Assyrians, and made preparations to resist them if they should attack him. Assyria began to decline in power about 647 B.C., and from that time her outlying provinces would naturally begin to fall off. Manasseh reigned until 642 B.C.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 33:14. He built a wall — This was probably a weak place that he fortified; or a part of the wall which the Assyrians had broken down, which he now rebuilt.