2 Chronicles 8:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Also.And. 1 Kings 9:17, “And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether.”

Builti.e., fortified, as the rest of the verse explains. (See 1 Chronicles 7:24.) He built them as (or into) fenced cities, viz., walls, doors, and bar (Micah 7:12; Deuteronomy 3:5). This description is wanting in Kings.

2 Chronicles 8:5

5 Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;