2-Chronicles - 8:5

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5 Also he built Beth Horon the upper, and Beth Horon the lower, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

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Explanation and meaning of 2-Chronicles 8:5.

Differing Translations

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Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
And he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, walled cities with Rates and bars and locks.
And he built upper Beth-Horon and lower Beth-Horon, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
And he buildeth Beth-Horon the upper, and Beth-Horon the lower, cities of defence, with walls, two-leaved doors, and bar,
And of Beth-horon the higher and the lower, walled towns with walls and doorways and locks;
Also he built Upper Beth Horon, and Lower Beth Horon, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
And he built upper Beth-horon and lower Beth-horon, as walled cities, having gates and bars and locks,

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Built - "Rebuilt," or "repaired" (as in 2-Chronicles 8:2). The two Beth-borons were both ancient cities (see Joshua 10:10 note).

Also he built (d) Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
(d) That is, he repaired and fortified them, for they were built long before by Sherah a noble woman of the tribe of Ephraim, (1-Chronicles 6:68, 1-Chronicles 7:24).

Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether,.... Only mention is made of the latter in 1-Kings 9:17,
fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars; fortified cities in the tribe of Ephraim.

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