2 Chronicles 8:2

2 Solomon having rebuilt the cities Hiram^[a] gave him and having settled the Israelites there-

2 Chronicles 8:2 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 8:2

That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon
Which Solomon first gave to him, but he not liking them, returned them to him, ( 1 Kings 9:12 ) ,

Solomon built them;
or rebuilt them, being very much out of repair, which might be one reason of Huram's not accepting them:

and caused the children of Israel to dwell there;
they being inhabited by others, the remains of the Canaanitcs perhaps; see ( 2 Chronicles 8:7 ) .

2 Chronicles 8:2 In-Context

1 At the end of 20 years during which Solomon had built the Lord's temple and his own palace-

2 Solomon having rebuilt the cities Hiram gave him and having settled the Israelites there-

3 Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and seized it.

4 He built Tadmor in the wilderness along with all the storage cities that he built in Hamath.

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

Footnotes

• [a]. the king of Tyre