# General Information:

See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]]

# Manasseh built ... He surrounded ... and raised ... He put

Manasseh did not do the building and construction himself, rather, he commanded his workers to do it. Alternate translation: "Manasseh commanded his workers to build ... They surrounded ... and raised ... He commanded his workers to put" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])

# Gihon

This was the name of a spring and a stream. See how you translated the "waters of Gihon" in [2 Chronicles 32:30](../32/30.md). Alternate translation: "the waters of Gihon" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])

# the hill of Ophel

Translate the name of this hill as you did in [2 Chronicles 27:3](../27/03.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])

# raised the wall up

"built the wall up"

# the fortified cities

This refers to cities with walls around them.