2 Chronicles 8:5

5 He also built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars,

2 Chronicles 8:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 8:5

Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether,
&c.] Only mention is made of the latter in ( 1 Kings 9:17 ) ,

fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
fortified cities in the tribe of Ephraim.

2 Chronicles 8:5 In-Context

3 Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and captured it.

4 He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage towns that he built in Hamath.

5 He also built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars,

6 and Baalath, as well as all Solomon's storage towns, and all the towns for his chariots, the towns for his cavalry, and whatever Solomon desired to build, in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

7 All the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel,