Discovery Box2 Chronicles 8:2-6
Context8:2 Solomon rebuilt the cities that Huram 1 had given him and settled Israelites there. 8:3 Solomon went to Hamath Zobah and seized it. 8:4 He built up Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities he had built in Hamath. 8:5 He made upper Beth Horon and lower Beth Horon fortified cities with walls and barred gates, 2 8:6 and built up Baalath, all the storage cities that belonged to him, 3 and all the cities where chariots and horses were kept. 4 He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, 5 Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom. 6
2 Chronicles 11:5-12
Context11:5 Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem; 7 he built up these fortified cities throughout Judah: 11:6 Bethlehem, 8 Etam, Tekoa, 11:7 Beth Zur, Soco, Adullam, 11:8 Gath, Mareshah, Ziph, 11:9 Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah, 11:10 Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. These were the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin. 11:11 He fortified these cities and placed officers in them, as well as storehouses of food, olive oil, and wine. 11:12 In each city there were shields and spears; he strongly fortified them. 9 Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
[8:2] 1 tn Heb “Huram” (also in v. 18). Some medieval Hebrew
[8:5] 2 tn Heb “and he built…[as] cities of fortification, [with] walls, doors, and a bar.”
[8:6] 3 tn Heb “Solomon.” The recurrence of the proper name is unexpected in terms of contemporary English style, so the pronoun has been used in the translation instead.
[8:6] 4 tn Heb “the cities of the chariots and the cities of the horses.”
[8:6] 5 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[8:6] 6 tn Heb “and all the desire of Solomon which he desired to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land of his kingdom.”
[11:5] 7 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[11:6] 8 map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.
