2-Chronicles - 8:4



4 He built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the storage cities, which he built in Hamath.

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Explanation and meaning of 2-Chronicles 8:4.

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And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.
And he built Palmira in the desert, and he built other strong cities in Emath.
and he buildeth Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the cities of store that he hath built in Hamath.
And he put up the buildings of Tadmor in the waste land, and of all the store-towns in Hamath;
And he built Palmira in the desert, and he built very fortified cities in Hamath.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Tadmor - Palmyra. See the note on 1-Kings 9:18, for an account of this superb city.

And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the (c) store cities, which he built in Hamath.
(c) Meaning of munitions and treasures for the war.

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 (a), Solomon in the twenty fourth year of his reign having demolished Antioch, built seven cities, of which Tadmor was one.
(a) Abulpharag. Hist. Dynast. dyn. 3. p. 53.

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