2nd Chronicles Chapter 17 verse 12 Holy Bible

ASV 2ndChronicles 17:12

And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles and cities of store.
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BBE 2ndChronicles 17:12

Jehoshaphat became greater and greater, and made strong towers and store-towns in Judah.
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DARBY 2ndChronicles 17:12

And Jehoshaphat waxed exceeding great; and he built in Judah castles and store-cities.
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KJV 2ndChronicles 17:12

And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.
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WBT 2ndChronicles 17:12

And Jehoshaphat became exceedingly great; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.
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WEB 2ndChronicles 17:12

Jehoshaphat grew great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles and cities of store.
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YLT 2ndChronicles 17:12

And Jehoshaphat is going on and becoming very great, and he buildeth in Judah palaces and cities of store,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - Castles. This rendering, better than "palaces" (margin), wound bear improving to the rather stronger word "fortresses," Hebrew, בִּירָנִיּות, found only here and in 2 Chronicles 27:4, plur. of בִּירָנִית connected with the Chaldee and later Hebrew, בִּירָה, of Ezra 6:2; Nehemiah 1:1; Esther 1:2; Daniel 8:2, Cities of store (see note under 2 Chronicles 8:4; see also 1 Kings 9:19; Exodus 1:11).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) And Jehoshaphat waxed great.--Literally, And Jehoshaphat was going on and waxing great, i.e., became greater and greater. (Comp. 1Chronicles 11:9.)Exceedingly.--'Ad l?ma'lah. This phrase occurs again in 2Chronicles 16:12; 2Chronicles 26:8, and nowhere else in the Old Testament. (See on 1Chronicles 14:2.)And he built.--Like his predecessors--Solomon, Rehoboam, Asa--he displayed his wealth and power in great public works. The records of the Assyrian and Babylonian sovereigns are largely taken up with similar accounts of temple and palace building.Castles.--Biraniyoth, a derivative from birah (1Chronicles 29:1; 1Chronicles 29:19; comp. Syriac here, birotho). It only recurs at 2Chronicles 27:4. It is an Aramaic term. (Comp. biranyatha, which in the Targums means "palaces.") . . .