2 Chronicles 8:6

8:6 and built up Baalath, all the storage cities that belonged to him, ¹  and all the cities where chariots and horses were kept. ²  He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, ³  Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom. ⁴ 

2 Chronicles 14:14

14:14 They defeated all the cities surrounding Gerar, for the Lord caused them to panic. ⁵  The men of Judah ⁶  looted all the cities, for they contained a huge amount of goods. ⁷ 

2 Chronicles 16:4

16:4 Ben Hadad accepted King Asa’s offer and ordered his army commanders to attack the cities of Israel. ⁸  They conquered ⁹  Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim, ¹⁰  and all the storage cities of Naphtali.

2 Chronicles 17:2

17:2 He placed troops in all of Judah’s fortified cities and posted garrisons ¹¹  throughout the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had seized.

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¹ 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 tn Heb “the cities of the chariots and the cities of the horses.”

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⁴ 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.”

⁵ tn Heb “for the terror of the Lord was upon them.”

⁶ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the men of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Heb “for great plunder was in them.”

⁸ tn Heb “and Ben Hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of the armies which belonged to him against the cities of Israel.”

⁹ tn Heb “They struck down.”

¹⁰ sn In the parallel passage in 1 Kgs 15:20, this city’s name appears as Abel Beth Maacah. These appear to be variant names for the same place.

¹¹ tn Or perhaps, “governors.”