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2 Chronicles 26:8-10
New English Translation
2 Chronicles 26:8-10
New English Translation
8 The Ammonites paid tribute to Uzziah and his fame reached[a] the border of Egypt, for he grew in power.
9 Uzziah built and fortified towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, Valley Gate, and at the Angle.[b] 10 He built towers in the wilderness and dug many cisterns, for he owned many herds in the foothills[c] and on the plain. He had workers in the fields and vineyards in the hills and in Carmel,[d] for he loved agriculture.[e]
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- 2 Chronicles 26:8 tn Heb “and his name went to.”
- 2 Chronicles 26:9 tn On the meaning of the Hebrew word מִקְצוֹעַ (miqtsoaʿ), see HALOT 628 s.v. עַ(וֹ)מִקְצֹ. The term probably refers to an “angle” or “corner” somewhere on the eastern wall of Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 26:10 sn The foothills (שְׁפֵלָה, shephelah) are the region between the Judean hill country and the Mediterranean coastal plain.
- 2 Chronicles 26:10 tn Heb “workers and vinedressers in the hills and in Carmel.” The words “he had” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
- 2 Chronicles 26:10 tn Heb “for a lover of the ground he [was].”
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