King James Version
What Does 2 Chronicles 8:5 Mean?
“Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;”
Context
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And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it.
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And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.
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Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
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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. all that: Heb. all the desire of Solomon which he desired to build
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As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel,
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(5) **Also.**—*And.* 1Kings 9:17, “And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether.”
**Built**—*i.e., fortified,* as the rest of the verse explains. (See 1Chronicles 7:24.) He built them *as* (or *into*)* fenced cities, viz., walls, doors, and bar* (Micah 7:12; Deuteronomy 3:5). This description is wanting in Kings.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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