2 Chronicles 8:2

Solomon rebuilt the cities Hiram had given him and settled Israelites there.

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In The King James Version

That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

In Context

1Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own palace,

3Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and captured it.

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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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