1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| II Chronicles 27:3 | He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. | Gate, on the east, repairing (Tirinus) and beautifying it so, (Haydock) that Jeremias (xxvi. 10,) calls it New. (Tirinus) --- Ophel, on the walls of the city, (Calmet) towards the eastern porch of the temple. (Josephus) (St. Jerome in Isaias 32:14.) --- Here the Nathineans dwelt, 2 Esdras 3:26. (Calmet) --- Kimchi, etc., translate, "a citadel." (Tirinus) |