Chronicles II 8:3

3 And Solomon came to Baesoba, and fortified it.

Chronicles II 8:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 8:3

And Solomon went to Hamathzobah
In an hostile manner, which is the only instance of any warlike expedition of Solomon's. This was Coelesyria, which though subdued in the times of David, perhaps rebelled, and now Solomon went forth to reduce it:

and prevailed against it;
took it.

Chronicles II 8:3 In-Context

1 And it came to pass after twenty years, in which Solomon built the house of the Lord, and his own house,

2 that Solomon rebuilt the cities which Chiram had given to Solomon, and caused the children of Israel to dwell in them.

3 And Solomon came to Baesoba, and fortified it.

4 And he built Thoedmor in the wilderness, and all the strong cities which he built in Emath.

5 And he built Baethoron the upper, and Baethoron the lower, strong cities, —they had walls, gates, and bars;