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2 Chronicles 33:14
After this, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate, and he brought it around the hill of Ophel and heightened it considerably. He also stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.
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Study note
Setting — Manasseh acts immediately after his repentance and return to Jerusalem, shifting from idolatrous worship to fortifying the capital and Judah’s fortified cities.
The words — The Hebrew בָּנָה (ba.Nah) means he rebuilt, and חוֹמָה חִיצוֹנָה (cho.Mah chi.tzo.Nah) translates literally as outer wall.
The thread — The verse traces the restored wall from the Gihon valley to the Fish Gate and around Ophel, parallel to Jotham’s earlier Ophel work and the later Fish Gate reconstruction.
Why it lands — The text records a physical fortification following spiritual restoration, requiring the reader to observe that renewed leadership produces immediate, measurable action.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 1:33 “Take my servants with you,” said the king. “Set my son Solomon on my own mule and take him down to Gihon.
- 2 Chronicles 27:3 Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he worked extensively on the wall at the hill of Ophel.
- Nehemiah 3:3 The Fish Gate was rebuilt by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
- Nehemiah 12:39 over the Gate of Ephraim, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate. And they stopped at the Gate of the Guard.
- Zephaniah 1:10 On that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills.
- 1 Kings 1:45 Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there with rejoicing that rings out in the city. That is the noise you hear.
- 2 Chronicles 11:11 He strengthened their fortifications and put officers in them, with supplies of food, oil, and wine.
- 2 Chronicles 17:19 These were the men who served the king, besides those he stationed in the fortified cities throughout Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 32:5 Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David, and he produced an abundance of weapons and shields.
- 2 Chronicles 32:30 It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.