2 Chronicles 8:6

6 built Baalath and store-cities; built chariot-cities for his horses. Solomon built impulsively and extravagantly - whenever a whim took him. And in Jerusalem, in Lebanon - wherever he fancied.

2 Chronicles 8:6 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 6-12. And Baalath
See ( 1 Kings 9:18 ) . From hence, to the end of ( 2 Chronicles 8:11 ) , it is the same with ( 1 Kings 9:19-24 ) . (See Gill on 1 Kings 9:19). (See Gill on 1 Kings 9:20). (See Gill on 1 Kings 9:21). (See Gill on 1 Kings 9:22). (See Gill on 1 Kings 9:23). (See Gill on 1 Kings 9:24).

2 Chronicles 8:6 In-Context

4 fortified Tadmor in the desert and all the store-cities he had founded in Hamath;

5 built the fortress cities Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon, complete with walls, gates, and bars;

6 built Baalath and store-cities; built chariot-cities for his horses. Solomon built impulsively and extravagantly - whenever a whim took him. And in Jerusalem, in Lebanon - wherever he fancied.

7 The remnants from the original inhabitants of the land (Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, Jebusites - all non-Israelites),

8 survivors of the holy wars, were rounded up by Solomon for his gangs of slave labor. The policy is in effect today.