Teks -- 2 Chronicles 17:12 (NET)

17:12 Jehoshaphat’s power kept increasing. He built fortresses and storage cities throughout Judah.

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

TSK: 2Ch 17:12 - waxed great // in Judah // castles

am 3092-3115, bc 912-889

waxed great : 2Ch 18:1; 1Ch 29:25

in Judah : 2Ch 8:2-6, 2Ch 11:5-12, 2Ch 14:6, 2Ch 14:7, 2Ch 26:6-9, 2Ch 27:4, 2Ch 32:5, 2Ch 32:27-29

castles : or, palaces

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Haydock: 2Ch 17:12 - Houses // Walled

Houses. Prot. "castles." Heb. biraniyoth. Birah is properly a Chaldean word, and is added after susan, to imply that it was a royal castle, (C.) or palace. (H.) Esdras i. 1. ---

Sept. often use baris in the same sense. C. ---

It became a provincial word in Palestine, for a place shut up on all sides and built like a tower. S. Jerom ad Princep. ---

David calls the temple a palace (habbirah) for God, 1 Paralipomenon xxix. 1. C. ---

Josaphat employed his immense riches in beautifying the country, and erecting storehouses, v. 5. ---

Walled. Prot. "cities of store." H. See C. xv. 4.

Gill: 2Ch 17:12 - And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly // and he built in Judah castles, and cities of stores

And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly,.... In wealth and riches, power and authority, in his forces and fortifications:

and he built in Judah castles, and cities of stores; castles for the defence of his kingdom, and store cities to lay up corn, and wine, and all provisions, in case of an invasion, or against a time of war.