2 Chronicles 32:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.

He strengthened

That was broken

2 Chronicles 25:23

Another wall

2 Kings 25:4

Jeremiah 39:4

Millo

2 Kings 12:20

Darts

2 Chronicles 26:14

General references

Isaiah 22:9

Bible References

He strengthened

When Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he abandoned the law of the Lord—he and all Israel with him.

He also removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah, and the kingdom experienced peace under him.

His son Jehoshaphat became king in his place and strengthened himself against Israel.

Then, in the seventh year, Jehoiada summoned his courage and took the commanders of hundreds into a covenant with him: Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri.

The Ammonites gave Uzziah tribute money, and his fame spread as far as the entrance of Egypt, for God made him very powerful.

You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the city of David. You collected water from the lower pool.

That was broken

King Jehoash of Israel captured Judah’s King Amaziah son of Joash, son of Jehoahaz,

at Beth-shemesh. Then Jehoash took him to Jerusalem and broke down 200 yards of Jerusalem’s wall from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.

Another wall

Then the city was broken into, and all the warriors fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden, even though the Chaldeans surrounded the city. As the king made his way along the route to the Arabah,

When he saw them, Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden through the gate between the two walls. They left along the route to the Arabah.

Millo

Then all the lords of Shechem and of Beth-millo gathered together and proceeded to make Abimelech king at the oak of the pillar in Shechem.

David took up residence in the stronghold, which he named the city of David. He built it up all the way around from the supporting terraces inward.

Pharaoh’s daughter moved from the city of David to the house that Solomon had built for her; he then built the terraces.

and this is the reason he rebelled against the king: Solomon had built the supporting terraces and repaired the opening in the wall of the city of his father David.

Joash’s servants conspired against him and killed him at Beth-millo on the road that goes down to Silla.

Darts

Uzziah provided the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows and slingstones.

General references

You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the city of David. You collected water from the lower pool.