2 Chronicles 8:3

3 Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and seized it.

2 Chronicles 8:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 8:3

And Solomon went to Hamathzobah
In an hostile manner, which is the only instance of any warlike expedition of Solomon's. This was Coelesyria, which though subdued in the times of David, perhaps rebelled, and now Solomon went forth to reduce it:

and prevailed against it;
took it.

2 Chronicles 8:3 In-Context

1 At the end of 20 years during which Solomon had built the Lord's temple and his own palace-

2 Solomon having rebuilt the cities Hiram gave him and having settled the Israelites there-

3 Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and seized it.

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

5 He built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon-fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars-