2 Chronicles 8:5
Modern Translations
New International Version
He rebuilt Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon as fortified cities, with walls and with gates and bars,

New Living Translation
He fortified the towns of Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, rebuilding their walls and installing barred gates.

English Standard Version
He also built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,

Berean Study Bible
He rebuilt Upper and Lower Beth-horon as fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,

New American Standard Bible
He also built upper Beth-horon and lower Beth-horon, which were fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars;

NASB 1995
He also built upper Beth-horon and lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls, gates and bars;

NASB 1977
He also built upper Beth-horon and lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars;

Amplified Bible
He also built upper Beth-horon and lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars [to lock the gates];

Christian Standard Bible
He built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon —fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars —

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon--fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars--

Contemporary English Version
He strengthened Upper Beth-Horon and Lower Beth-Horon by adding walls and gates that could be locked.

Good News Translation
Solomon also rebuilt the following cities: Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon (fortified cities with gates that could be barred),

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He rebuilt Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon into cities fortified with walls, double-door gates, and bars.

International Standard Version
He also built upper and lower Beth-horon as fortified cities, installing walls, gates, and bars,

NET Bible
He made upper Beth Horon and lower Beth Horon fortified cities with walls and barred gates,
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

New King James Version
He built Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,

King James 2000 Bible
Also he built upper Beth-horon, and lower Beth-horon, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

New Heart English Bible
Also he built Upper Beth Horon, and Lower Beth Horon, 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;

American King James Version
Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced 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;

A Faithful Version
And he built Beth Horon the upper and Beth Horon the lower, fenced cities with walls, gates, and bars.

Darby Bible Translation
And he built upper Beth-Horon and lower Beth-Horon, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

English Revised Version
Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

Webster's Bible Translation
Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And he built Beth-horon the vpper, and Beth-horon the nether, cities defensed with walles, gates and barres:

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And he buylt Bethhoron the vpper, and Bethhoron the neather, strong cities, hauing walles, gates, and barres:

Coverdale Bible of 1535
He buylded the vpper and lower Bethoron likewyse, so that they were stronge cities wt walles, portes and barres.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And he builds Beth-Horon the upper, and Beth-Horon the lower—cities of defense, with walls, double gates, and bar—

Young's Literal Translation
And he buildeth Beth-Horon the upper, and Beth-Horon the lower -- cities of defence, with walls, two-leaved doors, and bar --

Smith's Literal 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:

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, walled cities with Rates and bars and locks.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And he built upper Beth-horon and lower Beth-horon, as walled cities, having gates and bars and locks,

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And he built Upper Bayth Khuran and Lower Bayth Khuran

Lamsa Bible
Also he built Beth-hauran the upper and Beth-hauran the lower;

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he built Baethoron the upper, and Baethoron the lower, strong cities, - they had walls, gates, and bars;
















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