2Ch 27:4 | KD | STEP | He built the upper gate of the house of Jahve, i.e., the northern gate of the inner or upper court (see on 2Ki 15:35); 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 ); the wall of Ophel is consequently the wall connecting Zion with the temple mountain, at which Uzziah had already built (see on ). He likewise carried on his father’s buildings for the protection of the herds ( ), building the cities in the mountains of Judah, and castles (בּירניּות, ) and towers in the forests of the mountains of Judah (חרשׁים from חרשׁ, a thicket).

‏ 2 Chronicles 27:4

He built the upper gate of the house of Jahve, i.e., the northern gate of the inner or upper court (see on 2Ki 15:35); 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 2Ch 33:14); the wall of Ophel is consequently the wall connecting Zion with the temple mountain, at which Uzziah had already built (see on 2Ch 26:9). He likewise carried on his father’s buildings for the protection of the herds (2Ch 26:10), building the cities in the mountains of Judah, and castles (בּירניּות, 2Ch 17:12) and towers in the forests of the mountains of Judah (חרשׁים from חרשׁ, a thicket).