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2 Chronicles 8:5

Beth-horon

3 Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and captured it.

4 He built Tadmor in the wilderness, in addition to all the store cities that he had built in Hamath.

He rebuilt Upper and Lower Beth-horon as fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,

6 as well as Baalath, all the store cities that belonged to Solomon, and all the cities for his chariots and horses —whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion.

7 As for all the people who remained of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (the people who were not Israelites)—

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BSB
He rebuilt Upper and Lower Beth-horon as fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,
KJV
Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
WEB
Also he built Beth Horon the upper and Beth Horon the lower, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars;
ASV
Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
DARBY
And he built upper Beth-Horon and lower Beth-Horon, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
BLB
And He built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, fortified cities [with] walls, gates, and bars,
ÅB
Likeledes bygget han opp Øvre-Bet-Horon og Nedre-Bet-Horon og gjorde dem til faste byer med murer, dobbelte porter og bommer,
OTB
Han bygde både Øvre Bet-Horon og Nedre Bet-Horon, som var befestede byer med murer, porter og bommer;
B1930
Likeledes bygget han op Øvre-Bet-Horon og Nedre-Bet-Horon og gjorde dem til faste byer med murer, dobbelte porter og bommer,

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Cross references

  • 1 Chronicles 7:24

    His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon, as well as Uzzen-sheerah.

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  • Joshua 16:5

    This was the territory of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: The border of their inheritance went from Ataroth-addar in the east to Upper Beth-horon

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  • 2 Chronicles 14:7

    So he said to the people of Judah, “Let us build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, with doors and bars. The land is still ours because we have sought the LORD our God. We have sought Him and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.

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  • Joshua 16:3

    Then it descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon and on to Gezer, and it ended at the Sea.

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