2 Chronicles 8:5

5 He built Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,

2 Chronicles 8:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 8:5

Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether,
&c.] Only mention is made of the latter in ( 1 Kings 9:17 ) ,

fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
fortified cities in the tribe of Ephraim.

2 Chronicles 8:5 In-Context

3 And Solomon went to Hamath Zobah and seized it.

4 He also built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the storage cities which he built in Hamath.

5 He built Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,

6 also Baalath and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities and the cities of the cavalry, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

7 All the people who were left of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not of Israel--