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 16:4

16:4 Ben Hadad accepted King Asa’s offer and ordered his army commanders to attack the cities of Israel. 5  They conquered 6  Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim, 7  and all the storage cities of Naphtali.

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.”

3 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

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

6 tn Heb “They struck down.”

7 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.