2 Chronicles 8:5

Contemporary English Version

He strengthened Upper Beth-Horon and Lower Beth-Horon by adding walls and gates that could be locked.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon—fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars—

Hebrew Names Version
Also he built Beit-Horon the upper, and Beit-Horon the lower, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

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

English Standard Version
He also built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,

New Century Version
He rebuilt the towns of Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon, protecting them with strong walls, gates, and bars in the gates.

New English Translation
He made upper Beth Horon and lower Beth Horon fortified cities with walls and barred gates,

Amplified Bible
He also built upper Beth-horon and lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars [to lock the gates];

New American Standard Bible
He also built upper Beth-horon and lower Beth-horon, which were fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars;

World English Bible
Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the lower, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

Geneva Bible (1587)
And he built Beth-horon the vpper, and Beth-horon the nether, cities defensed with walles, gates and barres:

Legacy Standard Bible
He also built upper Beth-horon and lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls, gates and bars;

Berean Standard Bible
He rebuilt Upper and Lower Beth-horon as fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,

Complete Jewish Bible
He also built Upper Beit-Horon and Lower Beit-Horon, fortified cities with walls, gates and bars;

Darby Translation
And he built upper Beth-Horon and lower Beth-Horon, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

Easy-to-Read Version
He rebuilt the towns of Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon. He made them into strong forts with strong walls, gates, and bars in the gates.

George Lamsa Translation
Also he built Beth-hauran the upper and Beth-hauran the lower;

Good News Translation
Solomon also rebuilt the following cities: Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon (fortified cities with gates that could be barred),

Lexham English Bible
He also built Upper Beth-Horon and Lower Beth-Horon, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars;

Literal Translation
And he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the lower, as fortified cities, with walls, two leaved doors, and bars;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He buylded the vpper and lower Bethoron likewyse, so that they were stronge cities wt walles, portes and barres.

American Standard Version
Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

Bible in Basic English
And of Beth-horon the higher and the lower, walled towns with walls and doorways and locks;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he buylt Bethhoron the vpper, and Bethhoron the neather, strong cities, hauing walles, gates, and barres:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

King James Version (1611)
Also he built Beth-horon the vpper, and Beth-horon the nether, fensed cities with walles, gates and barres:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he built Baethoron the upper, and Baethoron the lower, strong cities, —they had walls, gates, and bars;

English Revised Version
Also he built Beth–horon the upper, and Beth–horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he bildide the hiyere Betheron and the lowere Betheron, wallid citees, hauynge yatis and lockis and barris;

Update Bible Version
Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

Webster's Bible Translation
Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

New King James Version
He built Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,

New Living Translation
He fortified the towns of Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, rebuilding their walls and installing barred gates.

New Life Bible
He built upper Beth-horon and lower Beth-horon. He made the city strong with walls, gates, and long pieces of iron.

New Revised Standard
He also built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and he built Beth-horon, the upper, and Beth-horon, the nether, - fortified cities, with walls, and doors and bars;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, walled cities with gates and bars and locks.

Revised Standard Version
He also built Upper Beth-hor'on and Lower Beth-hor'on, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,

Young's Literal Translation
And he buildeth Beth-Horon the upper, and Beth-Horon the lower -- cities of defence, with walls, two-leaved doors, and bar --

New American Standard Bible (1995)
He also built upper Beth-horon and lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls, gates and bars;

Contextual Overview

¹ It took twenty years for the Lord 's temple and Solomon's palace to be built. ² After that, Solomon had his workers rebuild the towns that Hiram had given him. Then Solomon sent Israelites to live in those towns. ³ Solomon attacked and captured the town of Hamath-Zobah. ⁴ He had his workers build the town of Tadmor in the desert and some towns in Hamath where he could keep his supplies. ⁵ He strengthened Upper Beth-Horon and Lower Beth-Horon by adding walls and gates that could be locked. ⁶ He did the same thing to the town of Baalath and to the cities where he kept supplies, chariots, and horses. Solomon had his workers build whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and anywhere else in his kingdom. ⁷Solomon did not force the Israelites to do his work. Instead, they were his soldiers, officers, army commanders, and cavalry troops. But he did make slaves of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites who were living in Israel. These were the descendants of those foreigners the Israelites did not destroy, and they remained Israel's slaves. ¹⁰ Solomon appointed two hundred fifty officers to be in charge of his workers. ¹¹ Solomon's wife, the daughter of the king of Egypt, moved from the part of Jerusalem called David's City to her new palace that Solomon had built. The sacred chest had been kept in David's City, which made his palace sacred, and so Solomon's wife could no longer live there.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Bethhoron: Joshua 16:3, Joshua 16:5, 1 Chronicles 7:24

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 13:18 - Bethhoron 2 Chronicles 25:13 - Bethhoron

Cross-References

Genesis 7:11
Noah was six hundred years old when the water under the earth started gushing out everywhere. The sky opened like windows, and rain poured down for forty days and nights. All this began on the seventeenth day of the second month of the year.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 Ephraim.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Built - “Rebuilt,” or “repaired” (as in 2 Chronicles 8:2). The two Beth-borons were both ancient cities (see Joshua 10:10 note).