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2 Chronicles 8:4

He built up Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities he had built in Hamath.

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.
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.
Complete Jewish Bible
He built Tadmor in the desert and all the cities for storing supplies that he built in Hamat.
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 After twenty years, during which Solomon built the Lord 's temple and his royal palace, 2 Solomon rebuilt the cities that Huram had given him and settled Israelites there. 3 Solomon went to Hamath Zobah and seized it. 4 He built up Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities he had built in Hamath. 5 He made upper Beth Horon and lower Beth Horon fortified cities with walls and barred gates, 6 and built up Baalath, all the storage cities that belonged to him, and all the cities where chariots and horses were kept. He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom. 7 Now several non-Israelite peoples were left in the land after the conquest of Joshua, including the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. 8 Their descendants remained in the land (the Israelites were unable to wipe them out). Solomon conscripted them for his work crews and they continue in that role to this very day. 9 Solomon did not assign Israelites to these work crews; the Israelites served as his soldiers, officers, charioteers, and commanders of his chariot forces. 10 These men worked for Solomon as supervisors; there were a total of 250 of them who were 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 all the living creatures that are with you. Bring out every living thing, including the birds, animals, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. Let them increase and be fruitful and multiply on the earth!"
Genesis 8:19
Every living creature, every creeping thing, every bird, and everything that moves on the earth went out of the ark in their groups.
2 Kings 19:37
One day, as he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword. They escaped to the land of Ararat; his son Esarhaddon replaced him as king.
Isaiah 37:38
One day, as he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword. They ran away to the land of Ararat; his son Esarhaddon replaced him as king.
Jeremiah 51:27
"Raise up battle flags throughout the lands. Sound the trumpets calling the nations to do battle. Prepare the nations to do battle against Babylonia. Call for these kingdoms to attack her: Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander to lead the attack. Send horses against her like a swarm of locusts.

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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