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Hebrew Modern Translation

דברי הימים ב 27:4

וערים בנה בהר יהודה ובחרשים בנה בירניות ומגדלים׃

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Castle;   Thompson Chain Reference - Castles;   Forests;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;   Towers;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jotham;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Forest;   Jerusalem;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Forest;   Shepherd;   Towers;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Castle;   Chronicles, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Forest;   Fortification and Siegecraft;   Horesh;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Forest;   Jotham ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jotham;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Shepherd;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Forest;   Hill;   Horesh;   Jotham;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Forest;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Aleppo Codex
וערים בנה בהר יהודה ובחרשים בנה בירניות ומגדלים
Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
וְעָרִ֥ים בָּנָ֖ה בְּהַר־יְהוּדָ֑ה וּבֶחֳרָשִׁ֣ים בָּנָ֔ה בִּֽירָנִיֹּ֖ות וּמִגְדָּלִֽים ׃
Westminster Leningrad Codex
וְעָרִים בָּנָה בְּהַר־יְהוּדָה וּבֶחֳרָשִׁים בָּנָה בִּֽירָנִיּוֹת וּמִגְדָּלִֽים ׃

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he built cities: 2 Chronicles 11:5-10, 2 Chronicles 14:7, 2 Chronicles 26:9, 2 Chronicles 26:10

the mountains: Joshua 14:12, Joshua 14:13, Luke 1:39

castles and towers: These castles and towers he doubtless built built for the protection of the country people against marauders.

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 15:36 - the rest 2 Chronicles 17:12 - in Judah Jeremiah 34:7 - for Hosea 8:14 - and Judah

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Moreover, he built cities in the mountains of Judah,.... In the mountainous part of it, the hill country of Judea, Luke 1:65,

and in the forests he built castles and towers; for the safety of travellers, and of shepherds and their flocks, see 2 Chronicles 26:10.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 27:4. Castles and towers. — These he built for the protection of the country people against marauders.


 
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