Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

High gate

2 Chronicles 23:20
Then he took with him the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the governors of the people, and all the people of the land and brought the king down from the Lord’s temple. They entered the king’s palace through the Upper Gate and seated the king on the throne of the kingdom.
Jeremiah 20:2
So Pashhur had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put him in the stocks at the Upper Benjamin Gate in the Lord’s temple.

Ophel

2 Chronicles 33:14
After this, he built the outer wall of the city of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate; he brought it around the Ophel, and he heightened it considerably. He also placed military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.
Nehemiah 3:26
and the temple servants living on Ophel made repairs opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the tower that juts out.

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