Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 27:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He built the Upper Gate of the Lord's house and did much building on the wall of Ophel. American Standard Version (1901) He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. Common English Bible Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the LORD’s temple and did extensive work on the wall of the elevated fortress. Catholic Public Domain Version He improved the high gate of the house of the Lord. And he built many things upon the wall of Ophel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. |
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD.
And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the upper gate unto the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.
Now after this he built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate; and he compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height: and he put valiant captains in all the fenced cities of Judah.
Then Pashhur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of the LORD.
And when the princes of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king's house unto the house of the LORD; and they sat in the entry of the new gate of the LORD'S house.