"Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;" — 2 Chronicles 8:5

2 Chronicles 8:5 · KJV

“Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;”

— 2 Chronicles 8:5

And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.

And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion. {all that...: Heb. all the desire of Solomon which he desired to build}

2 Chronicles 8 — Context

And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it.

And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.

Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

{As for} all the people {that were} left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which {were} not of Israel,

Cross References

1 Chronicles 7:24

(And his daughter {was} Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.)

Joshua 16:5

And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was {thus}: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper;

2 Chronicles 14:7

Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about {them} walls, and towers, gates, and bars, {while} the land {is} yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought {him}, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

Joshua 16:3

And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea.