Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells (note: Or, cut out many cisterns): for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel (note: Or, fruitful fields): for he loved husbandry (note: Heb. ground).
Since he had much livestock in the foothills (note: Hebrew Shephelah or lowlands; that is, the western foothills of Judea) and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.