2 Chronicles 8:2

2 Solomon rebuilt the villages Hiram had given him. He settled Israelites 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 Solomon built the LORD's temple and his own palace. It took him 20 years to build them. After that,

2 Solomon rebuilt the villages Hiram had given him. He settled Israelites in them.

3 Then Solomon went to Hamath Zobah. He captured it.

4 He also built up Tadmor in the desert. He built up all of the cities in Hamath where he could store things.

5 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.