2 Chronicles 8:2

“That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, etc.] Which Solomon first gave to him, but he not liking them, returned them to him, (<110912>1 Kings 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 <140807>2 Chronicles 8:7).”

“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 1 Kings 9:11-13. return to 'Top of Page'”

“8:2 The twenty towns that Solomon had given Hiram in exchange for gold were unsatisfactory to Hiram (1 Kgs 9:11-14); this implies that Hiram gave them back to Solomon, who apparently provided other compensation.”

“the cities: Kg1 9:11-18 2 Chronicles 8:3”