And Solomon went to Hamath Zobah, and overcame it.

And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and repaired all [a]the cities of store which he built in Hamath.

And he built [b]Beth Horon the upper, and Beth Horon the nether, cities defensed with walls, gates and bars:

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 8:4 Meaning, of Munitions and treasures for the war.
  2. 2 Chronicles 8:5 That is, he repaired and fortified them: for they were built long before by Sheerah a noble woman of the tribe of Ephraim, 1 Chron. 6:68 and 7:24.

Solomon then went to Hamath Zobah and captured it. He also built up Tadmor in the desert and all the store cities he had built in Hamath.(A) He rebuilt Upper Beth Horon(B) and Lower Beth Horon as fortified cities, with walls and with gates and bars,

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