And Jehoshaphat grew great exceedingly; and he built in Judah fortresses, and storage cities.
All Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 17:12 Go To 2 Chronicles 17
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.
