2 Chronicles 27:4

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He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.	Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.	He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Moreover he built^H1129 cities^H5892 in the mountains^H2022 of Judah^H3063, and in the forests^H2793 he built^H1129 castles^H1003 and towers^H4026.

Original Hebrew

וְעָרִים בָּנָה בְּהַר־יְהוּדָה וּבֶחֳרָשִׁים בָּנָה בִּירָנִיֹּות וּמִגְדָּלִים׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/עָרִ֥ים	ve./'a.Rim	H5892	HC/Ncfpa	and/ cities
בָּנָ֖ה	ba.Nah	H1129	HVqp3ms	he built
בְּ/הַר	be./har-	H2022	HR/Ncmsc	in/ (the) hill country of
יְהוּדָ֑ה	ye.hu.Dah	H3063	HNp	Judah
וּ/בֶ/חֳרָשִׁ֣ים	u./ve./cho.ra.Shim	H2793	HC/Rd/Ncmpa	and/ in the/ wooded areas
בָּנָ֔ה	ba.Nah	H1129	HVqp3ms	he built
בִּֽירָנִיּ֖וֹת	bi.ra.ni.Yot	H1003	HNcfpa	fortresses
וּ/מִגְדָּלִֽים	u./mig.da.Lim	H4026	HC/Ncbpa	and/ towers

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H1003 — בִּירָנִית (bîyrânîyth, bee-raw-neeth'): from בִּירָה; a fortress; castle.
H1129 — בָּנָה (bânâh, baw-naw'): a primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively); (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely.
H2022 — הַר (har, har): a shortened form of הָרָר; a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively); hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion.
H2793 — חֹרֶשׁ (chôresh, kho'-resh): from חָרַשׁ; a forest (perhaps as furnishing the material for fabric); bough, forest, shroud, wood.
H3063 — יְהוּדָה (Yᵉhûwdâh, yeh-hoo-daw'): from יָדָה; celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory; Judah.
H4026 — מִגְדָּל (migdâl, mig-dawl'): also (in plural) feminine מִגְדָּלָה; from גָּדַל; a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers; castle, flower, tower. Compare the names following.
H5892 — עִיר (ʻîyr, eer): or (in the plural) עָר; or עָיַר; (Judges 10:4), from עוּר; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post); Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

he built cities — 2 Chronicles 11:5-10, 2 Chronicles 14:7, 2 Chronicles 26:9-10
the mountains — Joshua 14:12-13, Luke 1:39

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