2 Chronicles 27:4
Good News Translation
In the mountains of Judah he built cities, and in the forests he built forts and towers.

New Revised Standard Version
Moreover he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and forts and towers on the wooded hills.

Contemporary English Version
He built towns in the mountains of Judah and built fortresses and defense towers in the forests.

New American Bible
Moreover, he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the wooded areas he set up fortresses and towers.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Juda, and castles and towers in the forests.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Juda, and castles and towers in the forests.

he built cities

2 Chronicles 11:5-10 And Roboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built walled cities in Juda. . . .

2 Chronicles 14:7 And he said to Juda: Let us build these cities, and compass them with walls, and fortify them with towers, and gates, and bars, while all is quiet from wars, because we have sought the Lord the God of our fathers, and he hath given us peace round about. So they built, and there was no hinderance in building.

2 Chronicles 26:9,10 And Ozias built towers in Jerusalem over the gate of the corner, and over the gate of the valley, and the rest, in the same side of the wall, and fortified them. . . .

the mountains

Joshua 14:12,13 Give me therefore this mountain, which the Lord promised, in thy hearing also, wherein are the Enacims, and cities great and strong: if so be the Lord will be with me, and I shall be able to destroy them, as he promised me. . . .

Luke 1:39 And Mary rising up in those days, went into the hill country with haste into a city of Juda.

castles and towers.

Context
Jotham Reigns in Judah
3He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. 4Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Juda, and castles and towers in the forests.5He fought against the king of the children of Ammon, and overcame them, and the children of Ammon gave him at that time a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and as many measures of barley: so much did the children of Ammon give him in the second and third year.…
Cross References
2 Chronicles 11:5
And Roboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built walled cities in Juda.

2 Chronicles 27:5
He fought against the king of the children of Ammon, and overcame them, and the children of Ammon gave him at that time a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and as many measures of barley: so much did the children of Ammon give him in the second and third year.

2 Chronicles 27:3
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