6
as well as Baalath and all his store cities, and all the cities for his chariots and for his horses[a] —whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and throughout all the territory he ruled.
6
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.
6
and Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had and all the cities for his chariots and the cities for his horsemen, and whatever Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
6
He also rebuilt Baalath and other supply centers and constructed towns where his chariots and horses could be stationed. He built everything he desired in Jerusalem and Lebanon and throughout his entire realm.
6
built Baalath and store-cities; built chariot-cities for his horses. Solomon built impulsively and extravagantly - whenever a whim took him. And in Jerusalem, in Lebanon - wherever he fancied.
6
Baalath, all the storage cities that belonged to Solomon, all the chariot cities, the cavalry cities, and everything Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, or anywhere else in the land of his dominion.
2 Chronicles 8:6 Meaning and Commentary
Ver. 6-12. And Baalath See ( 1 Kings 9:18 ) . From hence, to the end of ( 2 Chronicles 8:11 ) , it is the same with ( 1 Kings 9:19-24 ) . (See Gill on 1 Kings 9:19). (See Gill on 1 Kings 9:20). (See Gill on 1 Kings 9:21). (See Gill on 1 Kings 9:22). (See Gill on 1 Kings 9:23). (See Gill on 1 Kings 9:24).
4
He also built up Tadmor in the desert and all the store cities he had built in Hamath.
5
He rebuilt Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon as fortified cities, with walls and with gates and bars,
6
as well as Baalath and all his store cities, and all the cities for his chariots and for his horses —whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and throughout all the territory he ruled.
7
There were still people left from the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites (these people were not Israelites).
8
Solomon conscripted the descendants of all these people remaining in the land—whom the Israelites had not destroyed—to serve as slave labor, as it is to this day.