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Selected Verse: 2 Kings 15:35 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Ki 15:35 |
King James |
Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| the higher gate of the house of the Lord--not the temple itself, but one of its courts; probably that which led into the palace (Ch2 23:20). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| He built the higher gate - Jotham followed the example of his father in military, no less than in religious, matters (compare the marginal reference with Ch2 26:9). The "higher" or "upper gate" of the temple is thought to have been that toward the north; and its fortification would seem to indicate fear of an attack from that quarter. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Gate - Not of the temple, but of one of the courts of the temple, probably that which led to the king's palace. |
20 And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.
9 Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.