However, the high places were not taken away, and the people were still sacrificing and burning incense on the high places. It was he who built the upper gate of the House of Adonai.
2 Chronicles 27:3 - Tree of Life Version He rebuilt the upper gate of the House of Adonai and did extensive building on the wall of Ophel. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
However, the high places were not taken away, and the people were still sacrificing and burning incense on the high places. It was he who built the upper gate of the House of Adonai.
He took the officers of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people and all the people of the land, and brought the king down from the House of Adonai. They came through the upper gate of the royal house and seated the king upon the royal throne,
Afterward he built an outer wall to the city of David west of Gihon in the valley, as far as the entrance to the Fish Gate, and encircling the Ophel; he also raised it up much higher. He stationed military officers in all the fortified cities of Judah.
Pashhur had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Benjamin Gate by the House of Adonai.
When the princes of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king’s palace to the House of Adonai, and sat in the entrance of the New Gate of Adonai’s House.