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2 Chronicles 17:12

And Jehoshaphat grew great exceedingly; and he built in Judah fortresses, and storage cities.
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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849
Houses. Protestants, "castles. "Hebrew biraniyoth. Birah is properly a Chaldean word, and is added after susan, to imply that it was a royal castle, (Calmet) or palace. (Haydock) (Esdras i. 1.) Septuagint often use baris in the same sense. (Calmet) It became a provincial word in Palestine, for a place shut up on all sides and built like a tower. (St. Jerome ad Princep.) David calls the temple a palace (habbirah) for God, 1 Paralipomenon xxix. 1. (Calmet) Josaphat employed his immense riches in beautifying the country, and erecting storehouses, ver. 5. Walled. Protestants, "cities of store. "(Haydock) See chap. xv. 4.

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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