2 Chronicles 8:2
“That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.”
And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the Lord, and his own house,
That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
And Solomon went to Hamath–zobah, and prevailed against it.
And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.
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Related Verses
“And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.”
“But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day.”
“And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the Lord, and his own house,”
“And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.”
“Also he built Beth–horon the upper, and Beth–horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;”