2 Chronicles 8:1

1 After twenty years of building the LORD's temple and his royal palace,

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 After twenty years of building the LORD's temple and his royal palace,

2 Solomon next rebuilt the cities Huram had given him, and he settled Israelites there.

3 Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and seized it.

4 He fortified Tadmor in the wilderness, along with all the storage cities he had built in Hamath.

5 Solomon also built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon as fortress cities with walls, gates, and crossbars;