Divrey Hayamim Bais 8:3

3 And Sh’lomo went to Chamat Tzovah, and captured it.

Divrey Hayamim Bais 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.

Divrey Hayamim Bais 8:3 In-Context

1 And it came to pass at the end of esrim shanah, wherein Sh’lomo had built the Beis Hashem, and his own bais (palace),

2 That the cities which Churam had restored to Sh’lomo, Sh’lomo rebuilt them, and caused the Bnei Yisroel to dwell there.

3 And Sh’lomo went to Chamat Tzovah, and captured it.

4 And he built Tadmor in the midbar, and all the storage towns, which he built in Chamat.

5 Also he rebuilt Upper Beit Choron, and Lower Beit Choron, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars,