2 Chronicles 11:11-12

11:11 He fortified these cities and placed officers in them, as well as storehouses of food, olive oil, and wine. 11:12 In each city there were shields and spears; he strongly fortified them. ¹  Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

2 Chronicles 17:19

17:19 These were the ones who served the king, besides those whom the king placed in the fortified cities throughout Judah.

2 Chronicles 26:9

26:9 Uzziah built and fortified towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, Valley Gate, and at the Angle. ² 

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¹ tn Heb “he strengthened them greatly, very much.”

² tn On the meaning of the Hebrew word מִקְצוֹעַ (miqtsoa’), see HALOT 628 s.v. עַ(וֹ)מִקְצֹ. The term probably refers to an “angle” or “corner” somewhere on the eastern wall of Jerusalem.