2 Chronicles 8:5

Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

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Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

In Context

4And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.

6And 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.

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Cross References

Joshua 16:5And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus : even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth-adar, to Beth-horon the upper:

2 Chronicles 14:7Therefore he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him , and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built, and prospered.

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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