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2 Chronicles 8

2 Chronicles 8:5

Solomon’s Additional Achievements · 2 Chronicles 8:1–18
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Translations

Modern
He rebuilt Upper and Lower Beth-horon as fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,
Traditional
Also he built Beth–horon the upper, and Beth–horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
Literal
And He built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,
Latin
Exstruxitque Bethoron superiorem, et Bethoron inferiorem, civitates muratas habentes portas et vectes et seras:

Original

Hebrew
English
He rebuilt Upper and Lower Beth-horon as fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,

Notes

2 Chronicles 8:5

Upper and Lower Beth-horon are on a ridge that rises from the Valley of Aijalon to the plateau north of Jerusalem. Fortifications guarded the path linking Jerusalem to the main coastal trade route.

Theme notes and profiles

Solomon

Parallels

1 Kings 9:10–28

Places

Beth-horon Lower: Town in Ephraim and Dan, site of a famous battle Beth-horon Upper: Town in Ephraim, near Lower Beth-horon

Glossary

Beth-Horon Chronicles, Books of First and Second Genealogy Huram

Topics

Beth-Horon: Solomon Builds Cities: Fortified Gates of Cities