2 Chronicles 32:5

Hezekiah ¹  energetically rebuilt ²  every broken wall. He erected towers and an outer wall, ³  and fortified the terrace of the City of David. ⁴  He made many weapons and shields.

Jud 9:6; 2Sa 5:9; 1Ki 9:24; 1Ki 11:27; 2Ki 12:20; 2Ki 25:4; 2Ch 12:1; 2Ch 14:5-7; 2Ch 17:1,2; 2Ch 23:1; 2Ch 25:23; 2Ch 26:8; 2Ch 26:14,15; Isa 22:9,10; Jer 39:4

¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Hezekiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “strengthened himself and built.”

³ tn Heb “and outside the wall another one.”

⁴ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.