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After that, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David. It was west of the Gihon spring in the valley. It reached all the way to the entrance of the Fish Gate. It went around the entire hill of Ophel. Manasseh also made the wall much higher. He stationed military commanders in all of the cities in Judah that had high walls around them.
Reference
📍 Fish Gate
Greek: οὕτω (hoútō)
in this way (referring to what precedes or follows)
Hebrew: Mᵉnashsheh
Menashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: ἐξώτερος (exṓteros)
exterior
Hebrew: chîytsôwn
properly, the (outer) wall side; hence, exterior; figuratively, secular (as opposed to sacred)
Greek: τοῖχος (toîchos)
a wall
Hebrew: ʼushsharnâʼ
a wall (from its uprightness)
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: πόλις (pólis)
a town (properly, with walls, of greater or less size)
Hebrew: qiryâʼ
{building; a city}
Greek: Δαβίδ (Dabíd)
Dabid (i.e. David), the Israelite king
Hebrew: Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse
Hebrew: hêm
they (only used when emphatic)
Greek: δυσμή (dysmḗ)
the sun-set, i.e. (by implication) the western region
Hebrew: maʻărâb
the west (as a region of the evening sun)
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Hebrew: Gîychôwn
Gichon, a river of Paradise; also a valley (or pool) near Jerusalem
Hebrew: nêbek
a fountain
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: φάραγξ (pháranx)
a gap or chasm, i.e. ravine (winter-torrent)
Hebrew: gayʼ
a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
Hebrew: hêm
they (only used when emphatic)
Greek: ὅλος (hólos)
"whole" or "all", i.e. complete (in extent, amount, time or degree), especially (neuter) as noun or adverb
Hebrew: kôl
{properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: πάροδος (párodos)
a by-road, i.e. (actively) a route
Hebrew: ʼôrach
a road
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Hebrew: yᵉʼithôwn
an entry
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: ὀψάριον (opsárion)
a relish to other food (as if cooked sauce), i.e. (specially), fish (presumably salted and dried as a condiment)
Hebrew: dâg
a fish (often used collectively)
Greek: πύλη (pýlē)
a gate, i.e. the leaf or wing of a folding entrance (literally or figuratively)
Hebrew: hêm
they (only used when emphatic)
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: ὁλόκληρος (holóklēros)
complete in every part, i.e. perfectly sound (in body)
Greek: ὄρος (óros)
perhaps akin to G142 (αἴρω); compare G3733 (ὄρνις)); a mountain (as lifting itself above the plain)
Hebrew: gibʻâh
a hillock
Hebrew: ʻÔphel
Ophel, a ridge in Jerusalem
Hebrew: Mᵉnashsheh
Menashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
Greek: δή (dḗ)
a particle of emphasis or explicitness; now, then, etc.
Hebrew: ʼôw
desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: τοῖχος (toîchos)
a wall
Hebrew: ʼushsharnâʼ
a wall (from its uprightness)
Hebrew: mirbâh
abundance, i.e. a great quantity
Greek: ὅδε (hóde)
the same, i.e. this or that one (plural these or those); often used as a personal pronoun
Hebrew: hûwʼ
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
Greek: ὅλος (hólos)
"whole" or "all", i.e. complete (in extent, amount, time or degree), especially (neuter) as noun or adverb
Hebrew: kôl
{properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: Ἰουδά (Ioudá)
Judah (i.e. Jehudah or Juttah), a part of (or place in) Palestine
Hebrew: Yᵉhûwdâh
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
Hebrew: zôw
this or that
Hebrew: gâbâhh
lofty (literally or figuratively)
Verse Explanation
Afterward, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David, extending it around the hill east of Gihon and toward the Fish Gate. He also built a very high defensive wall and stationed military commanders in the fortified cities of Judah.
History
7th century BC. These projects strengthened Jerusalem's defenses during a period when Assyria remained a dominant regional power.