2 Chronicles 8:1

Solomon’s Additional Achievements

1 Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own palace, ¹

2 Chronicles 8:1 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 8:1

And it came to pass at the end of twenty years
(See Gill on 1 Kings 9:10).

2 Chronicles 8:1 In-Context

1 Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own palace,

2 Solomon rebuilt the cities Hiram had given him and settled Israelites there.

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

4 He built Tadmor in the wilderness, in addition to all the store cities that he had built in Hamath.

5 He rebuilt Upper and Lower Beth-horon as fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,

Cross References

• 1. (1 Kings 9:10–28)