He built the upper gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
KJV
He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
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He built the high gate in the house of the Lord,.... See the note on
Kg2 15:35
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and on the wall of Ophel he built much; which Kimchi interprets an high place; it was the eastern part of Mount Zion. Josephus (f) calls it Ophlas, and says it joined to the eastern porch of the temple; and some have thought the porch of the temple is meant; the Targum renders it a palace; it is a tradition of the Jews that it was the holy of holies (g).
(f) De Bell. Jud. l. 5. c. 4. sect. 2. (g) Vid. Hieron Trad. Heb. in lib. Paralipom. fol. 86. A. F. G.
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