And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house?(2 Chronicles 7:21)

And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.(2 Chronicles 7:22)

And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,(2 Chronicles 8:1)

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

And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it.(2 Chronicles 8:3)

And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.(2 Chronicles 8:4)

Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;(2 Chronicles 8:5)

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2 Chronicles 8:2 - Cross Reference

(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 Kings 9:11)