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Hezekiah[a] energetically rebuilt[b] every broken wall. He erected towers and an outer wall[c] and fortified the terrace of the City of David.[d] He made many weapons and shields.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 32:5 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Hezekiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 2 Chronicles 32:5 tn Heb “strengthened himself and built.”
  3. 2 Chronicles 32:5 tn Heb “and outside the wall another one.”
  4. 2 Chronicles 32:5 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

Then he worked hard repairing all the broken sections of the wall(A) and building towers on it. He built another wall outside that one and reinforced the terraces[a](B) of the City of David. He also made large numbers of weapons(C) and shields.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 32:5 Or the Millo

Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.

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