2 Chronicles 8:5

5 He also built Upper Beth-hor'on and Lower Beth-hor'on, 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 And Solomon went to Ha'math-zo'bah, and took it.
4 He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the store-cities which he built in Hamath.
5 He also built Upper Beth-hor'on and Lower Beth-hor'on, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,
6 and Ba'alath, 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.
7 All the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Per'izzites, the Hivites, and the Jeb'usites, who were not of Israel,
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