33:14 After this Manasseh1 built up the outer wall of the City of David2 on the west side of the Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate and all around the terrace; he made it much higher. He placed army officers in all the fortified cities in Judah.
[33:14]1tnHeb “he”; the referent (Manasseh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[33:14]2sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.