And he placed forces. — Comp. 2 Chronicles 11:12.
The fenced cities. — ‘Arê ha-bĕtsûrôth. (Comp. 2 Chronicles 11:5 sqq., 2 Chronicles 14:6-7.)
And set garrisons. — Placed military posts or prefects (netsîbîm). (1 Chronicles 11:16; 2 Chronicles 11:11.) Syriac, “appointed rulers.”
The cities of Ephraim... had taken. — See on 2 Chronicles 15:8.