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2 Chronicles 8:1
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Solomon built the LORD's temple and his own palace. It took him 20 years to build them. After that,
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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
).
Taken from
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
2 Chronicles 8:1 In-Context
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Solomon built the LORD's temple and his own palace. It took him 20 years to build them. After that,
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Solomon rebuilt the villages Hiram had given him. He settled Israelites in them.
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Then Solomon went to Hamath Zobah. He captured it.
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He also built up Tadmor in the desert. He built up all of the cities in Hamath where he could store things.
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He rebuilt Lower Beth Horon and Upper Beth Horon. He put up high walls around them. He made their city gates secure with heavy metal bars.
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