2 Chronicles 33 · Verse 14

2 Chronicles 33:14

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.
2 Chronicles 33:14, King James Version

2 Chronicles 33:14 in other translations

BSBAfter 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.
WEBNow after this, he built an outer wall to David’s city on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance at the fish gate. He encircled Ophel with it, and raised it up to a very great height; and he put valiant captains in all the fortified cities of Judah.
ASVNow after this he built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance at the fish gate; and he compassed Ophel about with it, and raised it up to a very great height: and he put valiant captains in all the fortified cities of Judah.
YLTAnd after this he hath built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west of Gihon, in the valley, and at the entering in at the fish-gate, and it hath gone round to the tower, and he maketh it exceeding high, and he putteth heads of the force in all the cities of the bulwarks in Judah.
DARBYAnd after this he built the outer wall of the city of David, on the west, toward Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance of the fish-gate, and carried it round Ophel, and raised it up a very great height; and he put captains of war in all the fortified cities of Judah.
BBEAfter this he made an outer wall for the town of David, on the west side of Gihon in the valley, as far as the way into the town by the fish doorway; and he put a very high wall round the Ophel; and he put captains of the army in all the walled towns of Judah.
WebsterNow after this, he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance at the fish-gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great highth, and put captains of war in all the fortified cities of Judah.

What does 2 Chronicles 33:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. he built a wall without the city ... on the west side of Gihon ... even to the entering in at the fish gate--"The well-ascertained position of the fish gate, shows that the valley of Gihon could be no other than that leading northwest of Damascus gate, and gently descending southward, uniting with the Tyropoeon at the northeast corner of Mount Zion, where the latter turns at right angles and runs towards Siloam. The wall thus built by Manasseh on the west side of the valley of Gihon, would extend from the vicinity of the northeast corner of the wall of Zion in a northerly direction, until it crossed over the valley to form a junction with the outer wall at the trench of Antonia, precisely in the quarter where the temple would be most easily assailed" [Barclay].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 He built a wall - This was probably a weak place that he fortified; or a part of the wall which the Assyrians had broken down, which he now rebuilt.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 33:1-20

We have seen Manasseh's wickedness; here we have his repentance, and a memorable instance it is of the riches of God's pardoning mercy, and the power of his renewing grace. Deprived of his liberty, separated from his evil counsellors and companions, without any prospect but of ending his days in a wretched prison, Manasseh thought upon what had passed; he began to cry for mercy and deliverance. He confessed his…

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2 Chronicles 33:14 in the original Hebrew

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וְאַחֲרֵי\־ve.'a.cha.rei-and afterH310
כֵ֡ןkhenthusH3651
בָּנָ֣הba.Nahhe rebuiltH1129
חוֹמָ֣הcho.Mah[the] wallH2346
חִֽיצוֹנָ֣ה\׀chi.tzo.NahouterH2435
לְעִיר\־le.'ir-of [the] city ofH5892
דָּוִ֡ידda.VidDavidH1732
מַעְרָבָה֩ma'.ra.Vahwest -wardH4628
לְגִיח֨וֹןle.gi.Chonof GihonH1521
בַּנַּ֜חַלba.Na.chalin the wadiH5158
וְלָב֨וֹאve.la.Vo'and to goH935
בְשַׁ֤עַרve.Sha.'arin [the] gate ofH8179
הַדָּגִים֙ha.da.Gimthe fishH1709
וְסָבַ֣בve.sa.Vavand he went aroundH5437
לָעֹ֔פֶלla.'O.fel<to> the OphelH6077
וַיַּגְבִּיהֶ֖הָvai.yag.bi.He.haand he made high itH1361
מְאֹ֑דme.'OdveryH3966
וַיָּ֧שֶׂםvai.Ya.semand he putH7760
שָֽׂרֵי\־sa.rei-commanders ofH8269
חַ֛יִלCha.yil[the] armyH2428
בְּכָל\־be.kholin allH3605
הֶעָרִ֥יםhe.'a.Rimthe citiesH5892
הַבְּצֻר֖וֹתha.be.tzu.Rot<the> fortifiedH1219
בִּיהוּדָֽה\׃bi.hu.Dahin JudahH3063

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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 33:14

  • 1 Kings 1:33

    The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:

  • 2 Chronicles 27:3

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

  • Nehemiah 3:3

    But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

  • Nehemiah 12:39

    And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.

  • Zephaniah 1:10

    And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.

  • 1 Kings 1:45

    And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.

  • 2 Chronicles 32:5

    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.

  • 2 Chronicles 11:11-12

    And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine. And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.

  • 2 Chronicles 32:30

    This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

  • 2 Chronicles 17:19

    These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.

  • Nehemiah 3:26-27

    Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out. After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 3327-3361. B.C. 677-643. he built.
32:5
Gihon.
32:30; 1Ki 1:33,45
fish gate.
Ne 3:3; 12:39; Zep 1:10
Ophel. or, the tower.
27:3; Ne 3:26,27
put.
11:11,12; 17:19

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 33:13

    And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:14

    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.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:15

    And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the Lord, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

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2 Chronicles 33:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Asimismo quitó los dioses ajenos, y el ídolo de la casa de Jehová, y todos los altares que había edificado en el monte de la casa de Jehová y en Jerusalem, y echólos fuera de la ciudad.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et après cela, il bâtit la muraille extérieure de la ville de David, au couchant, vers Guihon, dans la vallée, et vers l’entrée de la porte des poissons, et il entoura Ophel d’un mur, et l’éleva très haut; et il mit des chefs de l’armée dans toutes les villes fortes de Juda.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und hernach baute er die äußere Mauer der Stadt Davids, westlich gegen den Gihon hin, im Tale, und bis zum Eingang des Fischtores, und umgab den Ophel mit einer Mauer und machte sie sehr hoch. Und er legte Kriegsoberste in alle festen Städte in Juda.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Post hæc ædificavit murum extra civitatem David ad occidentem Gihon in convalle, ab introitu portæ piscium per circuitum usque ad Ophel, et exaltavit illum vehementer: constituitque principes exercitus in cunctis civitatibus Juda munitis: