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.
Counter-Arguments
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Cross-References
“(Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.”
“(Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.”
“And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.”
“And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the Lord had given him rest.”
“And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.”