2 Chronicles 8:4

4 And 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 that the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, Solomon built them and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

3 And Solomon went to Hamath-Zobah, and overcame it.

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

5 And he built upper Beth-Horon and lower Beth-Horon, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

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