2 Chronicles 8:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

2 Chronicles 8:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

2 Chronicles 8:5 in 6 Bible Translations

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2 Chronicles 8:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Also he built Beth Horon the upper and Beth Horon the lower, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars;”

2 Chronicles 8:5 — World English Bible

2 Chronicles 8:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars; ”

2 Chronicles 8:5 — American Standard Version

2 Chronicles 8:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And he buildeth Beth-Horon the upper, and Beth-Horon the lower--cities of defence, with walls, two-leaved doors, and bar--”

2 Chronicles 8:5 — Young's Literal Translation

2 Chronicles 8:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

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

2 Chronicles 8:5 — Darby Translation

2 Chronicles 8:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And he built Beth-horon the vpper, and Beth-horon the nether, cities defensed with walles, gates and barres:”

2 Chronicles 8:5 — Geneva Bible

2 Chronicles 8:5 in Context — 2 Chronicles 8

3 And Solomon went to Hamath–zobah, and prevailed against it.

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

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

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.

7 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,

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What Does 2 Chronicles 8:5 Mean?

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