Moreover, Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at (A)the Corner Gate, the (B)Valley Gate, and at the corner buttress, and he fortified them. 10 He also built towers in the wilderness and (C)carved out many cisterns, for he had much livestock, both in the [a]lowland and in the plain. He also had plowmen and vinedressers in the hill country and the fertile fields, for he loved the soil. 11 Moreover, Uzziah had an army ready for battle, which [b]entered combat by divisions according to the number of their muster, [c]recorded by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the official, under the direction of Hananiah, one of the king’s officers.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 26:10 Heb shephelah
  2. 2 Chronicles 26:11 Lit was going out to
  3. 2 Chronicles 26:11 Lit by the hand of

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