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Complete Jewish Bible

2 Chronicles 8:4

He built Tadmor in the desert and all the cities for storing supplies that he built in Hamat.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Cities;   Hamath;   Tadmor;   Treasure Cities;   Thompson Chain Reference - Hamath;   Store-Cities;   Tadmore;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Cities;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Tadmor or Tamar;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Hamath;   Lebanon;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Solomon;   Tadmor;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Hamath;   Palmtree;   Tadmor;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Commerce;   Hamath;   Orontes;   Tadmor;   Tamar;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Hamath;   Tadmor;   Tamar;   Treasure, Treasury, Treasurer;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Wilderness (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hamath, Hemath;   Hamathzobah ;   Tadmor ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Hamath;   Tadmor;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ha'math;   Sol'omon;   Tad'mor;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hamath;   Solomon;   Store-Cities;   Tadmor;   Tamar (2);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hamath;   Palm;   Palmyra;   Solomon;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He built Tadmor in the wilderness along with all the storage cities that he built in Hamath.
Hebrew Names Version
He built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store-cities, which he built in Hamat.
King James Version
And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.
English Standard Version
He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the store cities that he built in Hamath.
New Century Version
Solomon also built the town of Tadmor in the desert, and he built all the towns in Hamath as towns for storing grain and supplies.
New English Translation
He built up Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities he had built in Hamath.
Amplified Bible
He built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all his storage cities in Hamath.
New American Standard Bible
He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities which he had built in Hamath.
World English Bible
He built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store-cities, which he built in Hamath.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he built Tadmor in the wildernesse, and repayred all the cities of store which hee built in Hamath.
Legacy Standard Bible
And he built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities which he had built in Hamath.
Berean Standard Bible
He built Tadmor in the wilderness, along with all the store cities that he had built in Hamath.
Contemporary English Version
He had his workers build the town of Tadmor in the desert and some towns in Hamath where he could keep his supplies.
Darby Translation
And he built Tadmor, in the wilderness, and all the store-cities, which he built in Hamath.
Easy-to-Read Version
He also built the town of Tadmor in the desert. He built all the towns in Hamath to store things in.
George Lamsa Translation
And he built Tadmor, which had been laid waste like the wilderness, and all the store-cities;
Good News Translation
and fortified the city of Palmyra in the desert. He rebuilt all the cities in Hamath that were centers for storing supplies.
Lexham English Bible
And he built Tadmor in the desert, and he built all the storage cities in Hamath.
Literal Translation
And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities that he built in Hamath.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and buylded Thadmor in the wyldernes, and all the cornecyties which he buylded in Hemath.
American Standard Version
And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store-cities, which he built in Hamath.
Bible in Basic English
And he put up the buildings of Tadmor in the waste land, and of all the store-towns in Hamath;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he buylt Thadmor in the wildernesse, & repaired all the store cities which were in Hamath.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store-cities, which he built in Hamath.
King James Version (1611)
And he built Tadmor in the wildernesse, and all the store-cities, which he built in Hamath.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he built Thoedmor in the wilderness, and all the strong cities which he built in Emath.
English Revised Version
And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he bildide Palmyram in deseert, and he bildide othere `citees maad ful stronge in Emath.
Update Bible Version
And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store-cities, which he built in Hamath.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.
New King James Version
He also built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the storage cities which he built in Hamath.
New Living Translation
He rebuilt Tadmor in the wilderness and built towns in the region of Hamath as supply centers.
New Life Bible
He built Tadmor in the desert and all his store-cities in Hamath.
New Revised Standard
He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage towns that he built in Hamath.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and he built Tadmor, in the wilderness, - and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he built Palmira in the desert, and he built other strong cities in Emath.
Revised Standard Version
He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the store-cities which he built in Hamath.
Young's Literal Translation
and he buildeth Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the cities of store that he hath built in Hamath.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities which he had built in Hamath.

Contextual Overview

1 At the end of twenty years, during which time Shlomo had built the house of Adonai and his own palace, 2 Shlomo built up the cities which Huram had given to Shlomo and had the people of Isra'el live there. 3 Then Shlomo attacked Hamat-Tzovah and defeated it. 4 He built Tadmor in the desert and all the cities for storing supplies that he built in Hamat. 5 He also built Upper Beit-Horon and Lower Beit-Horon, fortified cities with walls, gates and bars; 6 Ba‘alat; and all the cities that Shlomo had for storing supplies, all the cities for his chariots, the cities for his horsemen, and all the other buildings Shlomo wanted to build in Yerushalayim, in the L'vanon and throughout the land he ruled. 7 As for all the people still left from the Hitti, Emori, P'rizi, Hivi, and Y'vusi, who were not part of Isra'el, 8 from their descendants remaining after them in the land, whom the people of Isra'el did not exterminate — from them Shlomo levied [his forced laborers], as it is to this day. 9 But Shlomo did not raise any of his slaves from the people of Isra'el; rather, these were the soldiers, his chief commanders, and the officials in charge of his chariots and horsemen. 10 King Shlomo had 250 chief officers in charge of the people.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he built: 1 Kings 9:17-19

Tadmor: Tadmor, the Palmyra of the Greeks, as we learn from Josephus, a celebrated city of Syria, situated in an oasis, or fertile spot of land, surrounded on all sides by a vast sandy desert, like an island in the midst of the ocean; according to Pliny, 337 miles from Seleucia and Tigrim, 203 from the nearest part of the Mediterranean, and 176 from Damascus; according to Josephus, one day's journey west of the Euphrates, and six from Babylon; and according to Ptolemy, in lat. 34 degrees north, or that of Tripoli, and about 4 degrees more easterly; and it is described by Mr. Wood as "situated under a barren ridge of hills to the west, and open on the other sides to the desert;" "about six days' journey from Aleppo, and as much from Damascus, and about twenty leagues west of the Euphrates." Palmyra attained the height of its splendour when the royal city of Zenobia was conquered by the emperor Aurelian; became a Roman colony after the victories of Trajan; and was probably reduced to its present miserable state in the wars of the Saracens. Its magnificent ruins, however, scattered over an extent of several miles, sufficiently attest its former splendour and riches.

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 9:18 - Tadmor 2 Kings 14:28 - Damascus 2 Chronicles 8:6 - the store cities

Cross-References

Genesis 8:17
Bring out with you every living thing you have with you — birds, livestock and every animal that creeps on the earth — so that they can swarm on the earth, be fruitful and multiply on the earth."
Genesis 8:19
every animal, every creeping thing and every bird, whatever moves on the earth, according to their families, went out of the ark.
2 Kings 19:37
One day, as he was worshipping in the temple of Nisrokh his god, [his sons] Adramelekh and Shar'etzer struck him with the sword and escaped into the land of Ararat. So his son Esar-Hadon took his place as king.
Isaiah 37:38
One day, as he was worshipping in the temple of Nisrokh his god, his sons Adramelekh and Shar'etzer struck him with the sword and escaped into the land of Ararat. So his son Esar-Hadon took his place as king.
Jeremiah 51:27
Raise up a banner in the land, blow the shofar among the nations. Prepare the nations for war against her. Summon kingdoms against her — Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz. Appoint an officer against her; bring up horses like bristling grasshoppers.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And built Tadmor in the wilderness,.... Of which

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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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 8:4. TadmorPalmyra. 1 Kings 9:18, for an account of this superb city.


 
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