2 Chronicles 8:5

Good News Translation

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

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,

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

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;

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 Solomon twenty years to build the Temple and his palace. ² He also rebuilt the cities that King Hiram had given him, and sent Israelites to settle in them. ³ He captured the territory of Hamath and Zobah ⁴ and fortified the city of Palmyra in the desert. He rebuilt all the cities in Hamath that were centers for storing supplies. ⁵ Solomon also rebuilt the following cities: Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon (fortified cities with gates that could be barred), ⁶ the city of Baalath, all the cities where he stored supplies, and the cities where his horses and chariots were stationed. He carried out all his plans for building in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and throughout the territory that he ruled over. ⁷Solomon employed at forced labor all the descendants of the people of Canaan whom the Israelites had not killed when they took possession of the land. These included Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, whose descendants continue to be slaves down to the present time. ⁹ Israelites were not used at forced labor, but served as soldiers, officers, chariot commanders, and cavalry troops. ¹⁰ There were 250 officials in charge of the forced labor working on the various building projects. ¹¹ Solomon moved his wife, the daughter of the king of Egypt, from David's City to a house he built for her. He said, "She must not live in the palace of King David of Israel, because any place where the Covenant Box has been is holy."

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
When Noah was six hundred years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month all the outlets of the vast body of water beneath the earth burst open, all the floodgates of the sky were opened,

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).