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2 Chronicles 8:5-7
New English Translation
2 Chronicles 8:5-7
New English Translation
5 He made upper Beth Horon and lower Beth Horon fortified cities with walls and barred gates,[a] 6 and built up Baalath, all the storage cities that belonged to him,[b] and all the cities where chariots and horses were kept.[c] He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom.[d]
7 Now several non-Israelite peoples were left in the land after the conquest of Joshua, including the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.[e]
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- 2 Chronicles 8:5 tn Heb “and he built…[as] cities of fortification, [with] walls, doors, and a bar.”
- 2 Chronicles 8:6 tn Heb “Solomon.” The recurrence of the proper name is unexpected in terms of contemporary English style, so the pronoun has been used in the translation instead.
- 2 Chronicles 8:6 tn Heb “the cities of the chariots and the cities of the horses.”
- 2 Chronicles 8:6 tn Heb “and all the desire of Solomon which he desired to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land of his kingdom.”
- 2 Chronicles 8:7 tn Heb “all the people who were left from the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not from Israel.”
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