2 Chronicles 8:4

4 He also built up Tadmor in the desert and all the store cities he had built in Hamath.

2 Chronicles 8:4 in Other Translations

4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.

4 He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the store cities that he built in Hamath.

4 He rebuilt Tadmor in the wilderness and built towns in the region of Hamath as supply centers.

4 fortified Tadmor in the desert and all the store-cities he had founded in Hamath;

4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store-cities, which he built in Hamath.

4 He rebuilt Tadmor in the desert and built all the storage cities in Hamath.

4 He built Tadmor in the wilderness along with all the storage cities that he built in Hamath.

4 He also built up Tadmor in the desert. He built up all of the cities in Hamath where he could store things.

2 Chronicles 8:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 8:4

And built Tadmor in the wilderness
Of which (See Gill on 1 Kings 9:18)

and all the storehouses which he built in Hamath;
a country in Syria, which he made himself master of, and where he laid up store of provision and ammunition to keep it, should any attempt be made to rescue it out of his hands. According to an Arabic writer ^F1, Solomon in the twenty fourth year of his reign having demolished Antioch, built seven cities, of which Tadmor was one.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 Abulpharag. Hist. Dynast. dyn. 3. p. 53.

2 Chronicles 8:4 In-Context

2 Solomon rebuilt the villages that Hiram had given him, and settled Israelites in them.

3 Solomon then went to Hamath Zobah and captured it.

4 He also built up Tadmor in the desert and all the store cities he had built in Hamath.

5 He rebuilt Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon as fortified cities, with walls and with gates and bars,

6 as well as Baalath and all his store cities, and all the cities for his chariots and for his horses —whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and throughout all the territory he ruled.

Cross References

• 1. S 2 Samuel 8:9