2 Chronicles 8:4

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


FOOTNOTES:

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

2 Chronicles 8:4 In-Context

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-
6 Baalath, all the storage cities that belonged to Solomon, all the chariot cities, the cavalry cities, and everything Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, or anywhere else in the land of his dominion.
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