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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 8:5

built = rebuilt. Compare Joshua 16:3 , Jos 16:5 ; 1 Chronicles 7:22-24 . gates = double doors. read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Chronicles 8:1-11

1. Solomon’s political success 8:1-11God blessed Solomon by giving him good relations with King Hiram of Tyre (2 Chronicles 8:1). Hiram evidently returned the cities Solomon had previously given to him (2 Chronicles 8:2; cf. 1 Kings 9:10-14). Then Solomon developed these towns. Solomon also captured more territory and fortified many cities."It seems safe to say that, following this action, Israel controlled more territory than at any other time in its history. In his day, Solomon was probably... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Chronicles 8:1-31

E. Solomon’s Successes chs. 8-9This section of the text is similar to 1 Chronicles 18-21. Those chapters showed how God kept His promises to David that the Chronicler recorded in 1 Chronicles 17:8-12. These chapters (8-9) show how God kept His promise to Solomon in 2 Chronicles 1:12 and 2 Chronicles 7:17-18. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 8:1-18

Solomon’s Buildings. His Trade with OphirThis chapter reproduces the substance of 1 Kings 9:10, 1 Kings 9:28 but describes some additional buildings.2. Had restored] If the reference is to the cities which Solomon gave to Hiram, it seems best to assume that they had been merely pledged as security for money which Solomon borrowed and afterwards repaid: 1 Kings 9:14.3. Hamath-zobah] Perhaps a Hamath in Zobah (a country E. of the Sea of G-alilee, in the region of the modern Haurân).4. Tadmor] the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 8:5

(5) Also.—And. 1 Kings 9:17, “And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether.”Built—i.e., fortified, as the rest of the verse explains. (See 1 Chronicles 7:24.) He built them as (or into) fenced cities, viz., walls, doors, and bar (Micah 7:12; Deuteronomy 3:5). This description is wanting in Kings. read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Chronicles 8:1-18

5. Solomon’s Prosperity and Activities CHAPTER 8 1. The fortifications of cities (2 Chronicles 8:1-6 ) 2. The subjection of the strangers (2 Chronicles 8:7-10 ) 3. The removal of the daughter of Pharaoh (2 Chronicles 8:11 ) 4. The perfected service (2 Chronicles 8:12-16 ) 5. The expedition to Ophir (2 Chronicles 8:17-18 ) The activities of the King included the fortification of certain cities. (See 1 Kings 9:0 .) First the cities are mentioned which Huram restored to Solomon. These... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Chronicles 8:5

8:5 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. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 8:1-18

FURTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF SOLOMON (vv.1-18) After Solomon had completed the building of the temple and his own house, he rebuilt the cities that Hiram had given him and settled some of the children of Israel there (vv.1-2). Solomon also gave Hiram some cities, though Hiram was not pleased with them (1 Kings 9:12-13). While we read of no wars in Solomon's time because his reign symbolises that of the Lord Jesus in the age to come, yet verse 3 tells us that Solomon went to Hamath Zobah and... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 8:1-18

SOLOMON ’S REIGN HIS PRAYER AND ITS ANSWER (2 Chronicles 1:1-3 ) With verses three and four compare 1 Chronicles 16:0 , and especially 1 Chronicles 16:37-40 . The tabernacle at Gibeon was the legal place for worship, but the threshing-floor on Matthew Moriah was chosen by David for the reason given (1 Chronicles 21:29 ). A comparison with the corresponding place in 1 Kings will show how this account is abbreviated as the matter was not necessary to the author’s purpose. HIS POWER AND... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 2 Chronicles 8:1-18

2 Chronicles 8:0 1. And it came to pass at the end of twenty years [the twenty years date from the commencement of the temple in the fourth year of Solomon's reign, seven years having been devoted to the construction of the temple, and thirteen to the building of the royal palace. (See 1 Kings 6:37-38 : 1 Kings 7:1 ; and 1Ki 9:10 )], wherein Solomon had built the house of the Lord, and his own house, 2. That the cities which Huram had restored [literally, which Huram gave] to Solomon [ 1Ki... read more