2 Chronicles 26:9; 27:3-4; 29:3; 32:30; 33:11
2 Chronicles 26:9
26:9 Uzziah built and fortified towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, Valley Gate, and at the Angle. 1
2 Chronicles 27:3-4
27:3 He built the Upper Gate to the Lord’s temple and did a lot of work on the wall in the area known as Ophel. 2 27:4 He built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.
2 Chronicles 29:3
29:3 In the first month of the first year of his reign, he opened the doors of the Lord’s temple and repaired them.
2 Chronicles 32:30
32:30 Hezekiah dammed up the source of the waters of the Upper Gihon and directed them down to the west side of the City of David. 3 Hezekiah succeeded in all that he did.
2 Chronicles 33:11
33:11 So the Lord brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They seized Manasseh, put hooks in his nose, 4 bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away to Babylon.1 tn On the meaning of the Hebrew word מִקְצוֹעַ (miqtsoa’), see HALOT 628 s.v. עַ(וֹ)מִקְצֹ. The term probably refers to an “angle” or “corner” somewhere on the eastern wall of Jerusalem.
2 tn Heb “wall of Ophel.” See HALOT 861 s.v. II עֹפֶל.
3 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
4 tn Heb “and they seized him with hooks.”
