Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And of Beth-horon the higher and the lower, walled towns with walls and doorways and locks;
New American Standard Bible
He also built upper
King James Version
Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
Holman Bible
He built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon
International Standard Version
He also built upper and lower Beth-horon as fortified cities, installing walls, gates, and bars,
A Conservative Version
Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the lower, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars,
American Standard Version
Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
Amplified
He also built upper Beth-horon and lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars [to lock the gates];
Darby Translation
And he built upper Beth-Horon and lower Beth-Horon, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
Julia Smith Translation
And he will build the house of the hollow the high, and the house of the hollow the low, fortified cities, the walls, doors, and bar:
King James 2000
Also he built upper Beth-horon, and lower Beth-horon, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
Lexham Expanded Bible
He also built Upper Beth-Horon and Lower Beth-Horon, fortified cities [with] walls, gates, and bars;
Modern King James verseion
And he built Beth-horon the upper and Beth-horon the lower, fenced cities with walls, gates, and bars.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, and made them strong cities with walls, gates and bars.
NET Bible
He made upper Beth Horon and lower Beth Horon fortified cities with walls and barred gates,
New Heart English Bible
Also he built Upper Beth Horon, and Lower Beth Horon, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
The Emphasized Bible
and he built Beth-horon, the upper, and Beth-horon, the nether, - fortified cities, with walls, and doors and bars;
Webster
Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
World English Bible
Also he built Beth Horon the upper, and Beth Horon the lower, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
Youngs Literal Translation
And he buildeth Beth-Horon the upper, and Beth-Horon the lower -- cities of defence, with walls, two-leaved doors, and bar --
Interlinear
Banah
Matsowr
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 8:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon's Accomplishments And Deeds
4 And he put up the buildings of Tadmor in the waste land, and of all the store-towns in Hamath; 5 And of Beth-horon the higher and the lower, walled towns with walls and doorways and locks; 6 And of Baalath, and all the store-towns which Solomon had, and the towns where he kept his war-carriages and his horse men, and everything which it was his pleasure to put up in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land under his rule.
Names
Cross References
1 Chronicles 7:24
And his daughter was Sheerah, the builder of Beth-horon the lower and the higher, and Uzzen-sheerah.
Joshua 16:3
And it goes down to the west to the limit of the Japhletites, to the limit of Beth-horon the lower, as far as Gezer; ending at the sea.
Joshua 16:5
And the limit of the land of the children of Ephraim by their families was marked out in this way: the limit of their heritage to the east was Ataroth-addar, to Beth-horon the higher;
2 Chronicles 14:7
He said to Judah, Let us make these towns, building walls round them with towers and doors and locks. The land is still ours, because we have been true to the Lord our God; we have been true to him and he has given us rest on every side. So they went on building and all went well for them.