THEOSIS2 Chronicles 32:5Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
He built up also with great diligence all the wall that had been broken down, and built towers upon it, and another wall without: and he repaired Mello in the city of David, and made all sorts of arms and shields:
וַיִּתְחַזַּ֡ק וַיִּבֶן֩ אֶת־כָּל־הַחוֹמָ֨ה הַפְּרוּצָ֜ה וַיַּ֣עַל עַל־הַמִּגְדָּל֗וֹת וְלַח֙וּצָה֙ הַחוֹמָ֣ה אַחֶ֔רֶת וַיְחַזֵּ֥ק אֶת־הַמִּלּ֖וֹא עִ֣יר דָּוִ֑יד וַיַּ֥עַשׂ שֶׁ֛לַח לָרֹ֖ב וּמָגִנִּֽים׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 2 Chr 25:23And Joas king of Israel took Amasias king of Juda, the son of Joas, the son of Joachaz, in Bethsames, and brought him to Jerusalem: and broke down the walls thereof from the gate of Ephraim, to the gate of the corner, four hundred cubits.
- 2 Sam 5:9And David dwelt in the castle, and called it, The city of David: and built round about from Mello and inwards.
- Isa 22:9And you shall see the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and you have gathered together the waters of the lower pool,
- Isa 22:10And have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and broken down houses to fortify the wall.
- 2 Chr 23:1And in the seventh year Joiada being encouraged, took the captains of hundreds, to wit, Azarias the son of Jeroham, and Ismahel the son of Johanan, and Azarias the son of Obed, and Maasias the son of Adaias, and Elisaphat the son of Zechri: and made a covenant with them.
- 2 Chr 12:1And when the kingdom of Roboam was strengthened and fortified, he forsook the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.
- Judg 9:6And all the men of Sichem were gathered together, and all the families of the city of Mello: and they went and made Abimelech king, by the oak that stood in Sichem.
- 2 Chr 26:14And Ozias prepared for them, that is, for the whole army, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and slings to cast stones.