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2 Chronicles 8:2

He built the cities which Hiram had given to Solomon, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Solomon;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Cabul;   Solomon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Cabul;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Hiram;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Cabul ;   Hiram ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Hu'ram;   Sol'omon;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Huram;   Solomon;   Trade;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Solomon had rebuilt the cities Hiram gave him and settled Israelites there—
Hebrew Names Version
that the cities which Huram had given to Shlomo, Shlomo built them, and caused the children of Yisra'el to dwell there.
King James Version
That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
English Standard Version
Solomon rebuilt the cities that Hiram had given to him, and settled the people of Israel in them.
New Century Version
Solomon rebuilt the towns that Hiram had given him, and Solomon sent Israelites to live in them.
New English Translation
Solomon rebuilt the cities that Huram had given him and settled Israelites there.
Amplified Bible
that he built and fortified the cities which Huram (Hiram) had given to him, and settled the Israelites there.
New American Standard Bible
that he built the cities which Huram had given him, and settled the sons of Israel there.
World English Bible
that the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Salomon built the cities that Huram gaue to Salomon, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
Legacy Standard Bible
that he built the cities which Huram had given to him, and settled the sons of Israel there.
Berean Standard Bible
Solomon rebuilt the cities Hiram had given him and settled Israelites there.
Contemporary English Version
After that, Solomon had his workers rebuild the towns that Hiram had given him. Then Solomon sent Israelites to live in those towns.
Complete Jewish Bible
Shlomo built up the cities which Huram had given to Shlomo and had the people of Isra'el live there.
Darby Translation
that the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, Solomon built them and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Solomon rebuilt the towns that Hiram gave him and then moved Israelites into those towns to live there.
George Lamsa Translation
That Solomon rebuilt the cities which Hiram had given to him, and caused the children of Israel to dwell in them.
Good News Translation
He also rebuilt the cities that King Hiram had given him, and sent Israelites to settle in them.
Lexham English Bible
Solomon also built the cities that Huram had given to him, and he settled the Israelites in them.
Literal Translation
As to the cities that Hiram had given to Solomon, Solomon had built them, and he caused the sons of Israel to live there.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
he buylded the cyties also which Hiram gaue vnto Salomon, and caused the children of Israel to dwell therin.
American Standard Version
that the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
Bible in Basic English
He took in hand the building up of the towns which Huram had given him, causing the children of Israel to make living-places for themselves there.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He buylt the cities that Hiram gaue hym, and put of the children of Israel in them.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
that the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
King James Version (1611)
That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
that Solomon rebuilt the cities which Chiram had given to Solomon, and caused the children of Israel to dwell in them.
English Revised Version
that the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwelt there.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and his owne hows, he bildide the citees, whiche Iram hadde youe to Salomon; and he made the sones of Israel to dwelle there.
Update Bible Version
that the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the sons of Israel to dwell there.
Webster's Bible Translation
That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
New King James Version
that the cities which Hiram 2 Chronicles 2:3)">[fn] had given to Solomon, Solomon built them; and he settled the children of Israel there.
New Living Translation
Solomon turned his attention to rebuilding the towns that King Hiram had given him, and he settled Israelites in them.
New Life Bible
he built again the cities which Huram had given to him. And he had the people of Israel live in them.
New Revised Standard
Solomon rebuilt the cities that Huram had given to him, and settled the people of Israel in them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
that, the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, Solomon built them, - and caused, the sons of Israel, to dwell there.
Revised Standard Version
Solomon rebuilt the cities which Huram had given to him, and settled the people of Israel in them.
Young's Literal Translation
As to the cities that Huram hath given to Solomon, Solomon hath built them, and there he causeth the sons of Israel to dwell.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
that he built the cities which Huram had given to him, and settled the sons of Israel there.

Contextual Overview

1 And at the end of twenty years after Solomon had built the house of the Lord and his own house: 2 He built the cities which Hiram had given to Solomon, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there. 3 He went also into Emath Suba, and possessed it. 4 And he built Palmira in the desert, and he built other strong cities in Emath. 5 And he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, walled cities with gates and bars and locks. 6 Balaath also and all the strong cities that were Solomon’s, and all the cities of the chariots, and the cities of the horsemen. All that Solomon had a mind, and designed, he built in Jerusalem and in Libanus, and in all the land of his dominion. 7 All the people that were left of the Hethites, and the Amorrhites, and the Pherezites, and the Hevites, and the Jebusites, that were not of the stock of Israel: 8 Of their children, and of the posterity, whom the children of Israel had not slain, Solomon made to be the tributaries, unto this day. 9 But of the children of Israel he set none to serve in the king’s works: for they were men of war, and chief captains, and rulers of his chariots and horsemen. 10 And all the chief captains of king Solomon’s army were two hundred and fifty, who taught the people.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the cities: 1 Kings 9:11-18

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 11:5 - built 2 Chronicles 14:6 - And he built 2 Chronicles 17:12 - in Judah

Cross-References

Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of the life of Noe, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the floodgates of heaven were opened:
Genesis 8:11
And she came to him in the evening carrying a bough of an olive tree, with green leaves, in her mouth. Noe therefore understood that the waters were ceased upon the earth.
Genesis 8:13
Therefore in the six hundredth and first year, the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were lessened upon the earth, and Noe opening the covering of the ark, looked, and saw that the face of the earth was dried.
Job 38:37
Who can declare the order of the heavens, or who can make the harmony of heaven to sleep?
Proverbs 8:28
When he established the sky above, and poised the fountains of waters:
Jonah 2:3
(2-4) And thou hast cast me forth into the deep, in the heart of the sea, and a flood hast compassed me: all thy billows, and thy waves have passed over me.
Matthew 8:9
For I also am a man subject to authority, having under me soldiers; and I say to this, Go, and he goeth, and to another Come, and he cometh, and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon,.... Which Solomon first gave to him, but he not liking them, returned them to him, 1 Kings 9:12,

Solomon built them; or rebuilt them, being very much out of repair, which might be one reason of Huram's not accepting them:

and caused the children of Israel to dwell there; they being inhabited by others, the remains of the Canaanitcs perhaps; see 2 Chronicles 8:7.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The cities which Huram had restored to Solomon - These cities had not been mentioned previously by the writer of Chronicles, who, however, seems to assume that the fact of their having been given by Hiram to Solomon is known to his readers. See 1 Kings 9:11-13.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 8:2. The cities which Huram had restored1 Kings 9:11.


 
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