2 Chronicles 8:4

New English Translation

He built up Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities he had built in Hamath.

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When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,

Jehoshaphat’s power kept increasing. He built fortresses and storage cities throughout Judah.

Solomon went to Hamath Zobah and seized it.

He made upper Beth Horon and lower Beth Horon fortified cities with walls and barred gates,

So they put foremen over the Israelites to oppress them with hard labor. As a result they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.