He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 11:5Rehoboam continued to live in Jerusalem, and he built up cities for defense in Judah.
2 Chronicles 27:5Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them, and that year they gave him a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years.
Treasury of Scripture
Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
he built cities
2 Chronicles 11:5-10
And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah…
2 Chronicles 14:7
Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.
2 Chronicles 26:9,10
Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them…
the mountains
Joshua 14:12,13
Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said…
Luke 1:39
And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;
castles and towers.
