2 Chronicles 27:3
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He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

high gate

2 Chronicles 23:20 And he took the captains of hundreds, and the most valiant men, and the chiefs of the people, and all the people of the land, and they brought down the king from the house of the Lord, and brought him through the upper gate into the king's house, and set him on the royal throne.

Jeremiah 20:2 And Phassur struck Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks, that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, in the house of the Lord.

Ophel.

2 Chronicles 33:14 After this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon in the valley, from the entering in of the gate round about to Ophel, and raised it up to a great height: and he appointed captains of the army in all the fenced cities of Juda:

Nehemiah 3:26,27 And the Nathinites dwelt in Ophel, as far as over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that stood out. . . .

Context
Jotham Reigns in Judah
2And he did that which was right before the Lord, according to all that Ozias his father had done, only that he entered not into the temple of the Lord, and the people still transgressed. 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.…
Cross References
2 Kings 15:35
But the high places he took not away: the people still sacrificed, and burnt incense in the high places: he built the highest gate of the house of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 33:14
After this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon in the valley, from the entering in of the gate round about to Ophel, and raised it up to a great height: and he appointed captains of the army in all the fenced cities of Juda:

Nehemiah 3:26
And the Nathinites dwelt in Ophel, as far as over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that stood out.

Lexicon
Jotham
ה֗וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

rebuilt
בָּנָ֛ה (bā·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build

the Upper
הָעֶלְי֑וֹן (hā·‘el·yō·wn)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5945: An elevation, lofty, as title, the Supreme

Gate
שַׁ֥עַר (ša·‘ar)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8179: An opening, door, gate

of the house
בֵּית־ (bêṯ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

of the LORD,
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

and he worked
בָּנָ֖ה (bā·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build

extensively
לָרֹֽב׃ (lā·rōḇ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7230: Multitude, abundance, greatness

on the wall
וּבְחוֹמַ֥ת (ū·ḇə·ḥō·w·maṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2346: A wall of protection

at Ophel.
הָעֹ֛פֶל (hā·‘ō·p̄el)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6077: Ophel -- a fortified mound or hill in Jerusalem


Additional Translations
Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he worked extensively on the wall at Ophel.He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and he built much in the wall of Opel.

It was he who built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

He built the upper gate of the house of Yahweh, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

He hath built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and in the wall of Ophel he hath built abundantly;
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