2 Chronicles 8:5

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • 1 Chr 7:24 : 24 (And his daughter [was] Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.)
  • 2 Chr 14:7 : 7 Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about [them] walls, and towers, gates, and bars, [while] the land [is] yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought [him], and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.
  • Josh 16:3 : 3 And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea.
  • Josh 16:5 : 5 ¶ And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was [thus]: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 9:17-19
    3 verses
    81%

    17And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether,

    18And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,

    19And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

  • 2 Chr 8:6
    79%

    6And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.

  • 2 Chr 8:1-4
    4 verses
    78%

    1¶ And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,

    2That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

    3And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it.

    4And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.

  • 2 Chr 27:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

    3He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

    4Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.

  • 2 Chr 11:10-12
    3 verses
    75%

    10And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which [are] in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.

    11And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.

    12And in every several city [he put] shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.

  • Deut 3:5
    75%

    5All these cities [were] fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.

  • 2 Chr 26:6
    72%

    6And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.

  • 2 Chr 11:5-7
    3 verses
    71%

    5And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.

    6He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

    7And Bethzur, and Shoco, and Adullam,

  • 2 Chr 33:14
    71%

    14Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.

  • Num 32:36
    71%

    36And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.

  • 2 Chr 32:5
    70%

    5Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised [it] up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo [in] the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.

  • 2 Chr 17:12
    70%

    12And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.

  • 2 Chr 26:9
    70%

    9Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning [of the wall], and fortified them.

  • 2 Chr 14:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.

    7Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about [them] walls, and towers, gates, and bars, [while] the land [is] yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought [him], and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

  • 1 Kgs 9:15
    70%

    15¶ And this [is] the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

  • Josh 21:22
    69%

    22And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs; four cities.

  • 1 Kgs 6:10
    68%

    10And [then] he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house [with] timber of cedar.

  • 1 Chr 11:8
    68%

    8And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.

  • 1 Kgs 6:5
    68%

    5And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, [against] the walls of the house round about, [both] of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:

  • 2 Sam 5:9
    67%

    9So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.

  • 2 Chr 33:5
    67%

    5And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

  • Josh 15:58
    66%

    58Halhul, Bethzur, and Gedor,

  • 1 Chr 6:68
    66%

    68And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs,

  • 2 Kgs 21:5
    66%

    5And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

  • Josh 18:22
    66%

    22And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,

  • 1 Chr 4:31
    66%

    31And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These [were] their cities unto the reign of David.

  • 1 Chr 7:24
    66%

    24(And his daughter [was] Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.)

  • 1 Kgs 5:18
    66%

    18And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew [them], and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.

  • 2 Chr 17:2
    66%

    2And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

  • Isa 2:15
    66%

    15And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,

  • 1 Kgs 7:9
    65%

    9All these [were of] costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and [so] on the outside toward the great court.

  • 1 Kgs 6:36
    65%

    36And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.

  • 2 Kgs 17:9
    65%

    9And the children of Israel did secretly [those] things that [were] not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

  • Josh 19:6
    65%

    6And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:

  • Neh 11:34
    65%

    34Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,

  • 1 Kgs 9:11
    65%

    11([Now] Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

  • 1 Kgs 4:13
    65%

    13The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him [pertained] the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which [are] in Gilead; to him [also pertained] the region of Argob, which [is] in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:

  • 2 Sam 20:15
    65%

    15And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that [were] with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.