2 Chronicles 8:6

and also Baalath. He built all the storehouse towns that belonged to him, and all the towns where he kept his chariots and horses. He built everything he wanted to in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom.

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And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.

In Context

5He rebuilt Upper and Lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls and barred gates,

7There were some people who remained in the land: the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—people who were not Israelites.

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Cross References

1 Kings 7:2He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon— a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high. There were four rows of cedar pillars that supported cedar beams.

1 Kings 10:26Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen. He kept them in the chariot towns, and also with him in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 8:4He built Tadmor in the wilderness and also built all the storehouse towns in Hamath.

Ecclesiastes 2:4Then I tried great construction projects. I built houses for myself; I planted vineyards for myself.

Song of Solomon 4:8Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come from Lebanon. Come down from the peak of Amana, from the peaks of Senir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains where leopards live.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 8:2-12

Solomon's Buildings. ( b. c. 992.) 1 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the Lord , and his own house, 2 That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there. 3 And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it. 4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath. 5 Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fenced cities, with… Read the whole commentary →

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