John Gill Commentary 2 Chronicles 27:3

"He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of Ophel he built much." — 2 Chronicles 27:3 (ASV)

He built the high gate in the house of the Lord
See the note on (2 Kings 15:35)

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and on the wall of Ophel he built much ;
which Kimchi interprets an high place; it was the eastern part of Mount Zion. Josephus ^F6 calls it Ophlas, and says it joined to the eastern porch of the temple; and some have thought the porch of the temple is meant; the Targum renders it a palace; it is a tradition of the Jews that it was the holy of holies ^F7 .

FOOTNOTES:

• F6: De Bell. Jud. l. 5. c. 4. sect. 2.
• F7: Vid. Hieron Trad. Heb. in lib. Paralipom. fol. 86. A. F. G.