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cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_chronicles/27-3.htm" title="2 Chronicles 27:3">◄</a> 2 Chronicles 27:4 <a href="../2_chronicles/27-5.htm" title="2 Chronicles 27:5">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse">Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.</div><div id="jump">Jump to: <a href="/commentaries/barnes/2_chronicles/27.htm" title="Barnes' Notes">Barnes</a> • <a href="/commentaries/benson/2_chronicles/27.htm" title="Benson Commentary">Benson</a> • <a href="/commentaries/illustrator/2_chronicles/27.htm" title="Biblical Illustrator">BI</a> • <a href="/commentaries/cambridge/2_chronicles/27.htm" title="Cambridge Bible">Cambridge</a> • <a href="/commentaries/clarke/2_chronicles/27.htm" title="Clarke's Commentary">Clarke</a> • <a href="/commentaries/darby/2_chronicles/27.htm" 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cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: farmers also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.">2Chronicles 26:10</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">Castles.</span>—<span class= "ital">Bîrânîyôth;</span> a term explained at <a href="/2_chronicles/17-12.htm" title="And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.">2Chronicles 17:12</a>. The contemporary prophets denounced the popular confidence in “fenced cities” as a kind of treason against Jehovah, who was Himself the shield and fortress of His people (<a href="/psalms/18-1.htm" title="I will love you, O LORD, my strength.">Psalm 18:1</a>; <a href="/isaiah/12-2.htm" title="Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.">Isaiah 12:2</a>). “Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth palaces; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof” (<a href="/hosea/8-14.htm" title="For Israel has forgotten his Maker, and builds temples; and Judah has multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire on his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.">Hosea 8:14</a>. Comp. <a href="/isaiah/2-15.htm" title="And on every high tower, and on every fenced wall,">Isaiah 2:15</a>; <a href="/context/isaiah/17-3.htm" title="The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, said the LORD of hosts.">Isaiah 17:3-4</a>).<p><a name="mhc" id="mhc"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/mhc/2_chronicles/27.htm">Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary</a></div>27:1-9 Jotham's reign in Judah. - The people did corruptly. Perhaps Jotham was wanting towards the reformation of the land. Men may be very good, and yet not have courage and zeal to do what they might. It certainly casts blame upon the people. Jotham prospered, and became mighty. The more stedfast we are in religion, the more mighty we are, both to resist evil, and to do good. The Lord often removes wise and pious rulers, and sends others, whose follies and vices punish a people that valued not their mercies.<a name="bar" id="bar"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/barnes/2_chronicles/27.htm">Barnes' Notes on the Bible</a></div>Ophel was the name given to the long, narrowish, rounded spur or promontory, which intervenes between the central valley of Jerusalem (the Tyropoeon) and the Kidron, or valley of Jehoshaphat. The anxiety of Uzziah and Jotham to fortify their territory indicates a fear of external attack, which at this time was probably felt mainly in connection with Samaria and Syria (<a href="/2_kings/15-37.htm">2 Kings 15:37</a> note). The faithless trust put in fortifications was rebuked by the prophets of the time <a href="/hosea/8-14.htm">Hosea 8:14</a>; <a href="/isaiah/2-15.htm">Isaiah 2:15</a>. <a name="jfb" id="jfb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/jfb/2_chronicles/27.htm">Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary</a></div>4. in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers—that is, in the elevated and wooded spots where fortified cities could not be placed, he erected castles and towers.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/poole/2_chronicles/27.htm">Matthew Poole's Commentary</a></div> No text from Poole on this verse. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="gil" id="gil"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gill/2_chronicles/27.htm">Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible</a></div>Moreover, he built cities in the mountains of Judah,.... In the mountainous part of it, the hill country of Judea, <a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/1-65.htm">Luke 1:65</a>, <p>and in the forests he built castles and towers; for the safety of travellers, and of shepherds and their flocks, see <a href="/2_chronicles/26-10.htm">2 Chronicles 26:10</a>. <a name="gsb" id="gsb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gsb/2_chronicles/27.htm">Geneva Study Bible</a></div><span class="cverse2">Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.</span></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="comtype">EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES)</div><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/cambridge/2_chronicles/27.htm">Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges</a></div><span class="bld">4</span>. <span class="ital">in the mountains</span>] R.V. <span class="bld">in the hill country</span>; cp. <a href="/luke/1-39.htm" title="And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;">Luke 1:39</a> (<span class="greekheb">ἡ ὀρινή</span>).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="ital">castles</span>] Cp. <a href="/2_chronicles/17-12.htm" title="And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.">2 Chronicles 17:12</a> (note).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="pul" id="pul"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_chronicles/27.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 4.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The mountains of Judah;</span> Hebrew, <span class="hebrew">בְּהַר</span>; Revised Version, <span class="accented">hill country of Judah, the</span> Hebrew text being in the <span class="accented">singular</span> number (compare particularly <a href="/joshua/9-1.htm">Joshua 9:1</a>, where the <span class="accented">Har</span> is evidently placed in contrast with the <span class="accented">Shefelah</span>). Castles; Hebrew, <span class="hebrew">בִּירָנִיּות</span> (so <a href="/2_chronicles/17-12.htm">2 Chronicles 17:12</a>). The meaning is that he built <span class="accented">forts</span> (<a href="/isaiah/2-15.htm">Isaiah 2:15</a>; <a href="/hosea/8-14.htm">Hosea 8:14</a>). 2 Chronicles 27:4<a name="kad" id="kad"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/kad/2_chronicles/27.htm">Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament</a></div>He built the upper gate of the house of Jahve, i.e., the northern gate of the inner or upper court (see on <a href="/2_kings/15-35.htm">2 Kings 15:35</a>); the only work of his reign which is mentioned in the book of Kings. But besides this, he continued the fortifying of Jerusalem, which his father had commenced; building much at the wall of the Ophel. העפל was the name of the southern slope of the temple mountain (see on <a href="/2_chronicles/33-14.htm">2 Chronicles 33:14</a>); the wall of Ophel is consequently the wall connecting Zion with the temple mountain, at which Uzziah had already built (see on <a href="/2_chronicles/26-9.htm">2 Chronicles 26:9</a>). He likewise carried on his father's buildings for the protection of the herds (<a href="/2_chronicles/26-10.htm">2 Chronicles 26:10</a>), building the cities in the mountains of Judah, and castles (בּירניּות, <a href="/2_chronicles/17-12.htm">2 Chronicles 17:12</a>) and towers in the forests of the mountains of Judah (חרשׁים from חרשׁ, a thicket). <div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/27-4.htm">2 Chronicles 27:4 Interlinear</a><br /><a href="/texts/2_chronicles/27-4.htm">2 Chronicles 27:4 Parallel Texts</a><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/27-4.htm">2 Chronicles 27:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/27-4.htm">2 Chronicles 27:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/27-4.htm">2 Chronicles 27:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/27-4.htm">2 Chronicles 27:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/27-4.htm">2 Chronicles 27:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/27-4.htm">2 Chronicles 27:4 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="/2_chronicles/27-4.htm">2 Chronicles 27:4 Parallel</a><br /><a href="http://bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/27-4.htm">2 Chronicles 27:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="http://holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/27-4.htm">2 Chronicles 27:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="http://saintebible.com/2_chronicles/27-4.htm">2 Chronicles 27:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="http://bibeltext.com/2_chronicles/27-4.htm">2 Chronicles 27:4 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td align="center"><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="../2_chronicles/27-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 27:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 27:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../2_chronicles/27-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 27:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 27:5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>