He built up the city around it, from the terrace to the surrounding walls; ¹  Joab restored the rest of the city.

He decorated the temple with precious stones; the gold he used came from Parvaim. ¹ 

The gold nails weighed 50 shekels; he also plated the upper areas with gold.

He divided the sea and led them across it; he made the water stand in a heap.

We have become an object of disdain to our neighbors; those who live on our borders taunt and insult us. ¹ 

Indeed, ¹  your servants take delight in her stones, and feel compassion for ²  the dust of her ruins. ³ 

For he makes the bars of your gates strong. He blesses your children ¹  within you.

The wise person ¹  can scale ²  the city of the mighty and bring down the stronghold ³  in which they trust. ⁴ 

You counted the houses in Jerusalem, ¹  and demolished houses so you could have material to reinforce the wall. ² 

Your chosen ¹  cities have become a desert; Zion has become a desert, Jerusalem ²  is a desolate ruin.

Babylon will become a heap of ruins. Jackals will make their home there. ¹  It will become an object of horror and of hissing scorn, a place where no one lives. ² 

“‘See how each of the princes of Israel living within you has used his authority to shed blood. ¹ 

from the ground to the area above the entrance, cherubim and decorative palm trees were carved on the wall of the outer sanctuary.

I will destroy the cities of your land, and tear down all your fortresses.

Now ¹  while some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned ²  with beautiful stones and offerings, ³  Jesus ⁴  said,

Therefore, to sanctify the people by his own blood, Jesus also suffered outside the camp.

They tore down the cities and each man threw a stone into every cultivated field until they were covered. ¹  They stopped up every spring and chopped down every productive tree. Only Kir Hareseth was left intact, ²  but the slingers surrounded it and attacked it.

In Jerusalem he made war machines carefully designed to shoot arrows and large stones from the towers and corners of the walls. He became very famous, for he received tremendous support and became powerful. ¹ 

Wail, you people in Heshbon, because Ai in Ammon is destroyed. Cry out in anguish, you people in the villages surrounding ¹  Rabbah. Put on sackcloth and cry out in mourning. Run about covered with gashes. ²  For your god Milcom will go into exile along with his priests and officials. ³ 

Its alcoves, three on each side, and its jambs and porches had the same measurement as the first gate; 87½ feet ¹  long and 43¾ feet ²  wide.