2 Chronicles 8:6

8:6 and built up Baalath, all the storage cities that belonged to him, ¹  and all the cities where chariots and horses were kept. ²  He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, ³  Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom. ⁴ 

2 Chronicles 17:12

17:12 Jehoshaphat’s power kept increasing. He built fortresses and storage cities throughout Judah.

2 Chronicles 17:1

Jehoshaphat Becomes King

17:1 His son Jehoshaphat replaced him as king and solidified his rule over Israel. ⁵ 

2 Chronicles 9:19

9:19 There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom. ⁶ 

[8:6]  ¹ 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]  ² tn Heb “the cities of the chariots and the cities of the horses.”

[8:6]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[8:6]  ⁴ 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.”

[17:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “and strengthened himself over Israel.”

[9:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “nothing like it had been made for any kingdom.”