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2 Chronicles 8:5 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Also he built Beth Horon the upper and Beth Horon the lower, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars; "
2 Chronicles 8:5
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3 Solomon went to Hamath Zobah, and prevailed against it.
4 He built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the storage cities, which he built in Hamath.
5 Also he built Beth Horon the upper and Beth Horon the lower, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars;
6 and Baalath, and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots, the cities for his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
7 As for all the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel—
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2 Chronicles 8:1
"At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the LORD’s house and his own house,"
2 Chronicles 8:2
"Solomon built the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there."
2 Chronicles 8:3
"Solomon went to Hamath Zobah, and prevailed against it."
2 Chronicles 8:4
"He built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the storage cities, which he built in Hamath."
2 Chronicles 8:6
"and Baalath, and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots, the cities for his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion."
2 Chronicles 8:7
"As for all the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel—"
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