2 Chronicles 8:5

2 Chronicles 8:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Also he built Beth–horon the upper, and Beth–horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
• English Standard Version (ESV)He also built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,
• New King James Version (NKJV)He built Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,
• New Living Translation (NLT)He fortified the towns of Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, rebuilding their walls and installing barred gates.

Context of 2 Chronicles 8:5

3Solomon then went to Hamath Zobah and captured it. 4He also built up Tadmor in the desert and all the store cities he had built in Hamath. He rebuilt Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon as fortified cities, with walls and with gates and bars, 6as well as Baalath and all his store cities, and all the cities for his chariots and for his horses—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and throughout all the territory he ruled. 7There were still people left from the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites (these people were not Israelites).

2 Chronicles 8:5 word by word

וַיִּ֜בֶן אֶת־בֵּ֤ית חוֹרוֹן֙ הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹן וְאֶת־בֵּ֥ית חוֹר֖וֹן הַתַּחְתּ֑וֹן עָרֵ֣י מָצ֔וֹר חוֹמ֖וֹת דְּלָתַ֥יִם וּבְרִֽיחַ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Also he builtבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• Beth–horonבֵּית חוֹרֹןbêyth chôrôn · Beth-horonH1032
• the upperעֶלְיוֹן‛elyôn · Upper (Beth Horon)H5945
• the netherתַּחְתּוֹןtachtôn tachtôn · Lower (Beth Horon)H8481
• fencedמָצוֹרmâtsôr mâtsûr · siegeH4692
• citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• with wallsחוֹמָהchômâh · wallH2346
• gatesדֶּ֫לֶתdeleth · doorH1817
• and barsבְּרִיחַberîyach · barH1280

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 8:5

• Joshua 16:3descended westward to the territory of the Japhletites as far as the region of Lower Beth Horon and on to Gezer, ending at the Mediterranean Sea.
• 1 Chronicles 7:24His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon as well as Uzzen Sheerah.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 8:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Built - “Rebuilt,” or “repaired” (as in 2 Chronicles 8:2). The two Beth-borons were both ancient cities (see Joshua 10:10 note).Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Upper 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.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-63-6. And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah--Hamath was on the Orontes, in Coele-Syria. Its king, Toi, had been the ally of David; but from the combination, Hamath and Zobah, it would appear that some revolution had taken place which led to the union of these two petty kingdoms of Syria into one. For what cause the resentment of Solomon was provoked against it, we are not informed, but he sent an armed force which reduced it. He made himself master also of…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 8:5

• Beth-Horon
• Cities
• Gates

In the dictionaries

• Fenced cities
• Beth-Horon
• Bethhoron
• Course
• Perfect
• Solomon
• Bar (2)
• Fence
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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