2 Chronicles 8:2

2 Solomon turned his attention to rebuilding the towns that King Hiram had given him, and 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 It took Solomon twenty years to build the LORD ’s Temple and his own royal palace. At the end of that time,

2 Solomon turned his attention to rebuilding the towns that King Hiram had given him, and he settled Israelites in them.

3 Solomon also fought against the town of Hamath-zobah and conquered it.

4 He rebuilt Tadmor in the wilderness and built towns in the region of Hamath as supply centers.

5 He fortified the towns of Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, rebuilding their walls and installing barred gates.

Footnotes

• [a] Hebrew Huram, a variant spelling of Hiram; also in 8:18 .