2 Chronicles 8:6
Context8:6 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
Context14:14 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
Context16:4 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
Context17:2 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.
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 “for the terror of the
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.”