Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 11:7
(7) Beth-zur.—Beit-sûr; a ruin midway between Urtâs and Hebron (Joshua 15:58).Shoco.—Heb., Sôcô; es Suweikeh, in Wady Sumt, three and a-half hours south-west of Jerusalem (Joshua 15:35; 1 Samuel 17:1).Adullam.—Joshua 15:35. Perhaps Aid-el-Mieh. read more
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 11:1-23
Reign of Rehoboam (continued)This chapter repeats the substance of 1 Kings 12:21-24, and adds much information relating to Rehoboam’s buildings, the withdrawal of the Levites from the kingdom of Jeroboam, and Rehoboam’s marriages.5. Built cities] Of the towns named in the following vv. Beth-lehem, Tekoa, Beth-zur, Adoraim, Ziph, and Hebron, were in the hill-country of Judah; Etam, Shoco, Adullam, Mareshah, Azekah, Zorah and Aijalon, were in the lowlands, whilst Gath (a Philistine city, which in... read more