2 Chronicles 8:4

4 And he built Tadmor in the desert, and he built all the storage cities in Hamath.

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 also built the cities that Huram had given to him, and he settled the {Israelites} in them.

3 And Solomon went to Hamath-Zobah and laid siege upon it.

4 And he built Tadmor in the desert, and he built all the storage cities in Hamath.

5 He also built Upper Beth-Horon and Lower Beth-Horon, fortified cities [with] walls, gates, and bars;

6 Baalath and all the storage cities that belonged to Solomon; all the cities for chariots and cities for horses; and any desire of Solomon that he desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.