He also built up Tadmor in the desert and all the store cities he had built in Hamath.
When Tou king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,
Jehoshaphat became more and more powerful; he built forts and store cities in Judah
Solomon then went to Hamath Zobah and captured it.
He rebuilt Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon as fortified cities, with walls and with gates and bars,
So they put slave masters over them to oppress them with forced labor, and they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.