⁴⁸ He collected all of the food during the seven years of abundance^[a] in the land of Egypt, and stored the food in cities. In each city, he stored the food from the fields surrounding it.

¹¹ As a result, the Egyptians put foremen of forced work gangs over the Israelites to harass them with hard work. They had to build storage cities named Pithom and Rameses for Pharaoh.

¹⁹ along with all the storage cities that belonged to Solomon, as well as the cities used for storing chariots and cavalry and whatever he wanted to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his kingdom.

⁴ He fortified Tadmor in the wilderness, along with all the storage cities he had built in Hamath.

⁴ Ben-hadad agreed with King Asa and sent his army commanders against the cities of Israel, attacking Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the store-cities of Naphtali.

¹² As Jehoshaphat grew increasingly powerful, he built fortresses and storage cities in Judah