2 Chronicles 8:4

4 He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the store-cities which he built 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 rebuilt the cities which Huram had given to him, and settled the people of Israel in them.

3 And Solomon went to Ha'math-zo'bah, and took it.

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

5 He also built Upper Beth-hor'on and Lower Beth-hor'on, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,

6 and Ba'alath, and all the store-cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and whatever Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.