Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 8:2
That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
2. the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon,] R.V. the cities which Huram had given to Solomon. According to 1Ki 9:12-13 it was Solomon who gave Huram cities. Huram however was not pleased with them ( ibid.), and from this fact the English translators of 1611 concluded that Huram rejected them and “restored” them. Probably however Kin. and Chron. follow different traditions with regard to these border cities, and no reconciliation is possible.
built them ] i.e. fortified them.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The cities which Huram had restored to Solomon – These cities had not been mentioned previously by the writer of Chronicles, who, however, seems to assume that the fact of their having been given by Hiram to Solomon is known to his readers. See 1Ki 9:11-13.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 2. The cities which Huram had restored] 1Kg 9:11.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Which Huram had restored to Solomon; which Solomon gave to Huram, who not being pleased with them, 1Ki 9:12,13, here returns them to him again.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
2. cities which Huram had restored .. . Solomon built them, &c.These cities lay in thenorthwest of Galilee. Though included within the limits of thepromised land, they had never been conquered. The right of occupyingthem Solomon granted to Huram, who, after consideration, refused themas unsuitable to the commercial habits of his subjects (see on 1Ki9:11). Solomon, having wrested them from the possession of theCanaanite inhabitants, repaired them and filled them with a colony ofHebrews.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon,…. Which Solomon first gave to him, but he not liking them, returned them to him, 1Ki 9:12,
Solomon built them; or rebuilt them, being very much out of repair, which might be one reason of Huram’s not accepting them:
and caused the children of Israel to dwell there; they being inhabited by others, the remains of the Canaanitcs perhaps; see 2Ch 8:7.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(2) Which Huram had restored.Literally, which Huram gave.
Solomon built them.Rebuilt or restored and fortified (Jos. 6:26; 1Ki. 15:17). The parallel passage (1Ki. 9:11-13) records a contrary transaction; that is to say, it represents Solomon as giving to Huram twenty cities in Galilee, as a return for his past services. It is added that these cities did not please Huram, in consequence of which they got the name of The Land of Kbl (i.e., Like-nought). The Authorised Version here assumes that the explanation of Josephus (Antt. viii. 5, 3) is correct. That writer states that Huram restored the despised cities to Solomon, who thereupon repaired them, and peopled them with Israelites. Others assume an exchange of friendly gifts between the two sovereigns; so that Solomon gave Huram twenty Israelite cities (Kings), and Huram gave Solomon twenty Phenician cities (Chronicles): this seems highly improbable. The former explanation appears to be substantially correct. The chronicler, or the authority which he follows here. has omitted to notice a fact which seems to derogate from the greatness of Solomon, viz., the previous surrender of the territory in question to the Tyrian king; and has chosen to speak of Hurams non-acceptance or return of Solomons present, as a gift. He then goes on to tell of the future fate of the twenty cities. Solomon repaired or fortified them, and colonised them with Israelites; for this border-land was chiefly inhabited by Gentiles (Isa. 9:1, Galilee of the Gentiles). A border-land is naturally more exposed to the ravages of an invader; and the cities which Solomon ceded to Huram may have been in a half-ruinous condition. This would account for Hurams disappointment in them. The statement of our text, then, is neither an effacement, nor a travesty (Reuss), nor even a remodelling of that of the older text in favour of Solomon (Zckler). It replaces the older text by another statement which is equally true, and not incompatible with it.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
2Ch 8:2. Which Huram had restored Had left. See 1Ki 9:13.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
2Ch 8:2 That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
Ver. 2. Which Huram had restored. ] Out of dislike of them. 1Ki 9:12 Or, Which Huram had given to Solomon, that by exchange of courtesies their love might increase.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
restored = given. Evidently these had been previously given by Solomon as pledges or “security” (1Ki 9:10-14).
children = sons.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
the cities: 1Ki 9:11-18
Reciprocal: 2Ch 11:5 – built 2Ch 14:6 – And he built 2Ch 17:12 – in Judah
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
8:2 That the cities which Huram had {b} restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
(b) That is, which Hiram gave again to Solomon because they did not please him and therefore called them Cabul, that is, dirt or filth, 1Ki 9:13.