2 Chronicles 8:2

the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon,] R.V. the cities which Huram had given to Solomon. According to 1 Kings 9:12-13 it was Solomon who gave Huramcities. Huram however was not pleased with them (ibid.), and from this fact the English translators of 1611 concluded that Huram rejected them and "restored" them. Probably however Kin. and Chron. follow different traditions with regard to these border cities, and no reconciliation is possible.

built them i.e. fortified them.