2 Chronicles 8:2

2 Solomon rebuilt the towns that Hiram had given him, and Solomon sent Israelites to live in them.

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 By the end of twenty years, Solomon had built the Temple of the Lord and the royal palace.

2 Solomon rebuilt the towns that Hiram had given him, and Solomon sent Israelites to live in them.

3 Then he went to Hamath Zobah and captured it.

4 Solomon also built the town of Tadmor in the desert, and he built all the towns in Hamath as towns for storing grain and supplies.

5 He rebuilt the towns of Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon, protecting them with strong walls, gates, and bars in the gates.