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2 Chronicles 26

2 Chron. 26:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Also he built
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
towers
migdal (Hebrew #4026)
from 1431; a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers
KJV usage: castle, flower, tower. Compare the names following.
Pronounce: mig-dawl'
Origin: also (in plural) feminine migdalah {mig-daw- law'}
in the desert
midbar (Hebrew #4057)
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
KJV usage: desert, south, speech, wilderness.
Pronounce: mid-bawr'
Origin: from 1696 in the sense of driving
, and φdigged
chatsab (Hebrew #2672)
a primitive root ; to cut or carve (wood), stone or other material); by implication, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave
KJV usage: cut, dig, divide, grave, hew (out, -er), made, mason.
Pronounce: khaw-tsab'
Origin: or chatseb {khaw-tsabe'}
many
rab (Hebrew #7227)
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
KJV usage: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), ((ship-))master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
Pronounce: rab
Origin: by contracted from 7231
wells
bowr (Hebrew #953)
a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
KJV usage: cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.
Pronounce: bore
Origin: from 952 (in the sense of 877)
: for he had much
rab (Hebrew #7227)
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
KJV usage: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), ((ship-))master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
Pronounce: rab
Origin: by contracted from 7231
cattle
miqneh (Hebrew #4735)
something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition
KJV usage: cattle, flock, herd, possession, purchase, substance.
Pronounce: mik-neh'
Origin: from 7069
, both in the low country
shphelah (Hebrew #8219)
Lowland, i.e. (with the article) the maritime slope of Palestine
KJV usage: low country, (low) plain, vale(-ley).
Pronounce: shef-ay-law'
Origin: from 8213
, and in the plains
miyshowr (Hebrew #4334)
from 3474; a level, i.e. a plain (often used (with the article prefix) as a properly, name of certain districts); figuratively, concord; also straightness, i.e. (figuratively) justice (sometimes adverbially, justly)
KJV usage: equity, even place, plain, right(-eously), (made) straight, uprightness.
Pronounce: mee-shore'
Origin: or miyshor {mee-shore'}
: husbandmen
'ikkar (Hebrew #406)
a farmer
KJV usage: husbandman, ploughman.
Pronounce: ik-kawr'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to dig
also, and vine dressers
korem (Hebrew #3755)
a vinedresser
KJV usage: vine dresser (as one or two words).
Pronounce: ko-rame'
Origin: active participle of an imaginary denominative from 3754
in the mountains
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
, and in χCarmel
Karmel (Hebrew #3760)
Karmel, the name of a hill and of a town in Palestine
KJV usage: Carmel, fruitful (plentiful) field, (place).
Pronounce: kar-mel'
Origin: the same as 3759
: for he loved
'ahab (Hebrew #157)
a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Pronounce: aw-hab'
Origin: or raheb {aw-habe'}
ψhusbandry
'adamah (Hebrew #127)
soil (from its general redness)
KJV usage: country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.
Pronounce: ad-aw-maw'
Origin: from 119
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or, cut out many cisterns.
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or, fruitful fields.
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ground.

More on:

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Carmel,
Cattle,
Desert,
Mountain Mount,
Plain,
Tower,
Vine; Vineyard,
Wells

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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digged many wells.
or, cut out many cisterns.
Gen. 26:18‑21• 18And Isaac dug again the wells of water that they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, and that the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham; and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
 19And Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
 20But the shepherds of Gerar strove with Isaac's shepherds, saying, The water is ours. And he called the name of the well Esek, because they had quarrelled with him.
 21And they dug another well, and they strove for that also; and he called the name of it Sitnah. (Gen. 26:18‑21)
he had much.
2 Kings 3:4• 4And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and a hundred thousand rams, with the wool. (2 Kings 3:4)
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1 Chron. 27:26‑31• 26And over them that worked in the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub.
 27And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite; and over what was in the vineyards of stores of wine was Zabdi the Shiphmite:
 28and over the olive-trees and the sycamore-trees that were in the lowland was Baal-hanan the Gederite; and over the cellars of oil was Joash.
 29And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite; and over the herds in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai.
 30And over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite; and over the asses was Jehdiah the Meronothite.
 31And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagarite. All these were comptrollers of the substance which was king David's. (1 Chron. 27:26‑31)
Carmel.
or, fruitful fields.
2 Kings 19:23• 23By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots have I come up To the height of the mountain, to the recesses of Lebanon, And I will cut down its tall cedars, the choice of its cypresses; And I will enter into its furthest lodging-place, into the forest of its fruitful field. (2 Kings 19:23)
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Isa. 29:17• 17Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? (Isa. 29:17)
husbandry.
Heb.ground.
• One of the king's functions was to fill the office of shepherd and protect the sheep. This solicitude for the flocks confided to his care is shown in yet another manner: Uzziah dug many wells in order to provide drinking water for his men and his cattle. (“Uzziah: 2 Chronicles 26” by H.L. Rossier)
• Vinedressers laboring to bring joy to the heart of man overwhelmed with troubles. (“Uzziah: 2 Chronicles 26” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he built towers in the desert and digged many cisterns; for he had much cattle, both in the lowlandd and on the plateau, husbandmen also and vinedressers on the mountains and in Carmel; for he loved husbandry.

JND Translation Notes

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The Shephelah. see Deut. 1.7.