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2 Chronicles 26:9

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Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.

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6He went out and fought against the Philistines), and broke down the wall of Gath, the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod); and he built cities in the country of Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
7God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who lived in Gur Baal, and the Meunim.
8The Ammonites gave tribute to Uzziah). His name spread abroad even to the entrance of Egypt; for he grew exceedingly strong.
9Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.
10He built towers in the wilderness, and dug out many cisterns, for he had much livestock; in the lowland also, and in the plain. He had farmers and vineyard keepers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields, for he loved farming.
11Moreover Uzziah had an army of fighting men, who went out to war by bands, according to the number of their reckoning made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains.
12The whole number of the heads of fathers’ households, even the mighty men of valor, was two thousand six hundred.

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