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2 Chronicles 8

2 Chronicles 8:4

Solomon’s Additional Achievements · 2 Chronicles 8:1–18
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Translations

Modern
He built Tadmor in the wilderness, in addition to all the store cities that he had built in Hamath.
Traditional
And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.
Literal
And He built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the storage cities that he built in Hamath.
Latin
Et ædificavit Palmyram in deserto, et alias civitates munitissimas ædificavit in Emath.

Original

Hebrew
English
He built Tadmor in the wilderness, in addition to all the store cities that he had built in Hamath.

Notes

2 Chronicles 8:4

The Chronicler talks about the northern parts of Solomon’s kingdom. Tadmor, later known as Palmyra, was an oasis city in Syria on the desert trade routes with Mesopotamia, 120 miles northeast of Damascus. It is not mentioned elsewhere in the Bible. Eventually, it was linked with the list of fortified cities in Solomon’s kingdom (compare 1 Kings 9:18, where Tamar/Tadmor refers to a city in southeast Judah).

Theme notes and profiles

Solomon

Parallels

1 Kings 9:10–28

Places

Hamath: A major city and kingdom in Syria, often mentioned in the Bible Tadmor: City built by Solomon in the wilderness

Glossary

Chronicles, Books of First and Second Genealogy Hamath Hamath-Zobah Huram Orontes Tadmor

Topics

Cities: Built in Desert Places Cities: Designated as Treasure Cities: Different Kinds of Store Hamath: Solomon Builds Store Cities In Tadmor: A City Built in the Wilderness by Solomon Treasure Cities: Built for the Storage of the King's Substance