The word Ophel is used in several different ways in the Old Testament. It is used of a specific geographic location within Jerusalem. Hence:
2 Chronicles 27:3 – “He [Jotham] built the upper gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.”
2 Chronicles 33:14 – �…
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