2 Chronicles 8:3

3 And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against 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 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own house,

2 that the cities which Hiram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them up and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

3 And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it.

4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the storecities which he built in Hamath.

5 Also he built Bethhoron the Upper and Bethhoron the Nether, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,