³ Then Solomon went to Hamath-Zobah and he took it for Israel. ⁴ He made the buildings in Tadmor strong again. That was a town in the wilderness. He did the same thing for the towns that he had built in Hamath region to store things. ⁵ He built again Higher Beth-Horon and Lower Beth-Horon. He made those cities strong. He built walls around them with strong gates.