2 Chronicles 8:1-6

Solomon's Accomplishments

1 1At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own house,
2 Solomon rebuilt the cities that Hiram had given to him, and settled the people of Israel in them.
3 And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and took it.
4 He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the store cities that he built in Hamath.
5 He also built 2Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, 3fortified cities 4with walls, gates, and bars,
6 and Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had and all the cities for his chariots and the cities for his horsemen, and whatever Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

2 Chronicles 8:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 8

This chapter contains much the same, with a little variation, as what is related in 1Ki 9:10-28.

Cross References 4

  • 1. For ver. 1-18, see 1 Kings 9:10-28
  • 2. See Joshua 16:3, 5
  • 3. 2 Chronicles 14:7; Deuteronomy 3:5
  • 4. 2 Chronicles 14:7; Deuteronomy 3:5
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