2nd Chronicles Chapter 27 verse 4 Holy Bible
Moreover he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
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In addition, he made towns in the hill-country of Judah, and strong buildings and towers in the woodlands.
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And he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
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Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
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Moreover, he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
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Moreover he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
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and cities he hath built in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he hath built palaces and towers.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - The mountains of Judah; Hebrew, בְּהַר; Revised Version, hill country of Judah, the Hebrew text being in the singular number (compare particularly Joshua 9:1, where the Har is evidently placed in contrast with the Shefelah). Castles; Hebrew, בִּירָנִיּות (so 2 Chronicles 17:12). The meaning is that he built forts (Isaiah 2:15; Hosea 8:14).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) Moreover.--Literally, and cities built he in the hill region of Judah. (Comp. 2Chronicles 26:10.)Castles.--Biraniyoth; a term explained at 2Chronicles 17:12. 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 (Psalm 18:1; Isaiah 12:2). "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" (Hosea 8:14. Comp. Isaiah 2:15; Isaiah 17:3-4). . . .
