2 Chronicles 8:2

2 Chronicles 8:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
• New International Version (NIV)Solomon rebuilt the villages that Hiram had given him, and settled Israelites in them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Solomon rebuilt the cities that Hiram had given to him, and settled the people of Israel in them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)that the cities which Hiram had given to Solomon, Solomon built them; and he settled the children of Israel there.

Context of 2 Chronicles 8:2

1Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own palace, Solomon rebuilt the cities Hiram had given him and settled Israelites there. 3Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and captured it. 4He built Tadmor in the wilderness, in addition to all the store cities that he had built in Hamath.

2 Chronicles 8:2 word by word

וְהֶעָרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֤ן חוּרָם֙ לִשְׁלֹמֹ֔ה בָּנָ֥ה שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה אֹתָ֑ם וַיּ֥וֹשֶׁב שָׁ֖ם אֶת־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

• Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelômôh · SolomonH8010
• rebuiltבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• the citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• ·אֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• Hiramחוּרָםchûrâm · HiramH2361
• had givenנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• and settledיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• Israelitesבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• Israelitesיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• thereשָׁםshâm · thereH8033

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 8:2

• 1 Kings 9:11King Solomon gave twenty towns in the land of Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre, who had supplied him with cedar and cypress logs and gold for his every desire.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 8:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2The cities which Huram had restored - See the note on 1 Kings 9:11.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2The cities which Huram had restored to Solomon - These cities had not been mentioned previously by the writer of Chronicles, who, however, seems to assume that the fact of their having been given by Hiram to Solomon is known to his readers. See 1 Kings 9:11-13.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The twenty towns Solomon gave to Hiram in exchange for gold did not satisfy Hiram (1 Kings 9:11–14). This suggests Hiram returned them to Solomon, who likely offered something else in return.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-62Ch 8:1-6. Solomon's Buildings. 2. cities which Huram had restored ... Solomon built them, &c.--These cities lay in the northwest of Galilee. Though included within the limits of the promised land, they had never been conquered. The right of occupying them Solomon granted to Huram, who, after consideration, refused them as unsuitable to the commercial habits of his subjects (see on 1Ki 9:11). Solomon, having wrested them from the possession of the…Read the comment

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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings