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 After twenty years of building the LORD's temple and his royal palace,

2 Solomon next rebuilt the cities Huram had given him, and he settled Israelites there.

3 Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and seized it.

4 He fortified Tadmor in the wilderness, along with all the storage cities he had built in Hamath.

5 Solomon also built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon as fortress cities with walls, gates, and crossbars;