1. After twenty years, during which Solomon built the Lord’s temple and his royal palace,
2. Solomon rebuilt the cities that Huram had given him and settled Israelites there.
3. Solomon went to Hamath Zobah and seized it.
4. He built up Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities he had built in Hamath.
5. He made upper Beth Horon and lower Beth Horon fortified cities with walls and barred gates,