Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
2 Chronicles 8:5
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BUILT - “Rebuilt,” or “repaired” (as in 2 Chronicles 8:2). The two Beth-borons were both ancient cities (see Joshua 10:10 note)....
5. SOLOMON'S PROSPERITY AND ACTIVITIES CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The fortifications of cities (2 Chronicles 8:1)_ 2. The subjection of the strangers (2 Chronicles 8:7) 3. The removal of the daughter of Phara...
SOLOMON'S VARIOUS RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR UNDERTAKINGS (see notes on 1 Kings 9:10). A striking difference occurs between 2 and 1 Kings 9:11; here Hiram gives Solomon an unspecified number of cities, whe...
BUILT. rebuilt. Compare Joshua 16:3, Jos 16:5. 1 Chronicles 7:22. GATES. double doors....
_Beth-horon the upper_ Not mentioned in the parallel passage (1 Kings 9:17)....
5. BUILDING, LABORERS AND SHIPS (2 Chronicles 8:1-18) TEXT 2 Chronicles 8:1. And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of Jehovah, and his own house, 2. that...
_AND HE BUILT TADMOR IN THE WILDERNESS, AND ALL THE STORE CITIES, WHICH HE BUILT IN HAMATH._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
SOLOMON'S BUILDINGS. HIS TRADE WITH OPHIR This chapter reproduces the substance of 1 Kings 9:10; 1 Kings 9:28 but describes some additional buildings....
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE SOLOMON RULES *ISRAEL 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 1 TO 9 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 8 WHAT SOLOMON DID – 2 CHRONICLES 8:1-18 V1 By the end of 20 y
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_)...
וַ יִּ֜בֶן אֶת ־בֵּ֤ית חֹורֹון֙ הָֽ עֶלְיֹ֔ון...
Here are recorded some of the doings of the king. He consolidated the internal strength of the nation by building cities. He organized the labor of the conquered peoples in his dominions. He set the T...
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 n...
The view here given of Solomon is similar to what is related of him, 1 Kings 9:1. To one of Solomon's wisdom, one might have hoped to have heard more of his hours of meditation and prayer than of his...
CHAPTER 8 gives us a few more details of the state of Israel a state which prefigures that of the last days. Solomon brings everything into subjection that could have hindered the full enjoyment of th...
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 Ephra...
Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars; Ver. 5. _Fenced cities._] To prevent and frighten an enemy....
_A.M. 3012. B.C. 992._ Solomon's buildings, 2 Chronicles 8:1. _His workmen and officers, 2 Chronicles 8:7_. _He settles his wife, 2 Chronicles 8:11_. Fixes the method of the temple-
1 Solomons buildings. 7 The Gentiles which were left, Solomon made tributaries, but the Israelites, rulers. 11 Pharaohs daughter remoueth to her house. 12 Solomons yeerely solemne sacrifices. 14 H...
Also he built Beth-horon the Upper and Beth-horon the Nether, on the Philistine frontier, FENCED CITIES, WITH WALLS, GATES, AND BARS;...
Solomon's Public Buildings and Serfs...
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...
2 Chronicles 8:5 built H1129 (H8799) Upper H5945 Horon H1032 Lower H8481 Horon H1032 fortified H4692 cities H5892
CONTENTS: The energy and fame of Solomon. CHARACTERS: God, Pharaoh's daughter, Solomon, King of Tyre. CONCLUSION: When our hearts are truly set on God's work, we find our Father in heaven ready to i...
2 Chronicles 8:4. _Tadmor,_ Palmyra. 1 Kings 9:18. This city rose to be capital of a province, which sent eighty thousand men to join the Assyrian army. Its ruins exhibit a wall eleven miles in circum...
_That the cities._ SOLOMON’S MILITARY ENTERPRISES Chiefly in acquiring cities rebuilt and taken from the enemy. I. Cities for stores (1 Kings 9:19). II. Cities for colonisation. III. Cities for p...
2 CHRONICLES 8:1 Solomon’s Other Accomplishments. Solomon’s further conquests and building projects are described, as well as his attention to matters of worship. The success of Solomon’s various buil...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 8:5 UPPER BETH-HORON AND LOWER BETH-HORON were on a ridge above the Valley of Aijalon northwest of Jerusalem. They were crucial to the security of the city and provid...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Solomon’s buildings (2 Chronicles 8:1); the tributaries (2 Chronicles 8:7); the festival worship (2 Chronicles 8:12); and the fleet of Solomon ...
EXPOSITION This interesting historical chapter may very well be described as by Professor Dr. James G. Murphy, in his 'Bible-Class Handbook,' "The Acts of Solomon," or at any rate, some of the miscel...
Now it came to pass at the end of twenty years, that Solomon had built both the house of the LORD, and his own palace (2 Chronicles 8:1), He spent seven years building the house of the Lord and thirt...
1 Chronicles 7:24; Joshua 16:3; Joshua 16:5...