2 Chronicles 8:4

2 Chronicles 8:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.
• New International Version (NIV)He also built up Tadmor in the desert and all the store cities he had built in Hamath.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the store cities that he built in Hamath.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He also built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the storage cities which he built in Hamath.

Context of 2 Chronicles 8:4

2Solomon had rebuilt the cities Hiram gave him and settled Israelites there — 3Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and seized it. He built Tadmor in the wilderness along with all the storage cities that he built in Hamath. 5He built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon — fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars — 6Baalath, all the storage cities that belonged to Solomon, all the chariot cities, the cavalry cities, and everything Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, or anywhere else in the land of his dominion.

2 Chronicles 8:4 word by word

וַיִּ֥בֶן אֶת־תַּדְמֹ֖ר בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר וְאֵת֙ כָּל־עָרֵ֣י הַֽמִּסְכְּנ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנָ֖ה בַּחֲמָֽת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he builtבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• Tadmorתַּדְמֹרtadmôr tammôr · TadmorH8412
• in the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• and all the storeמִסְכְּנוֹתmiskenâh · storageH4543
• citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• in Hamathחֲמָתchămâth · HamathH2574

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 8:4

• 1 Kings 9:17Then Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon,

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 8:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Tadmor - Palmyra. See the note on 1 Kings 9:18, for an account of this superb city.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4The 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).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-63-6. And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah--Hamath was on the Orontes, in Coele-Syria. Its king, Toi, had been the ally of David; but from the combination, Hamath and Zobah, it would appear that some revolution had taken place which led to the union of these two petty kingdoms of Syria into one. For what cause the resentment of Solomon was provoked against it, we are not informed, but he sent an armed force which reduced it. He made himself master also of…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 8:4

• Cities
• Hamath
• Tadmor
• Treasure Cities

In the dictionaries

• Hamath
• Hamath, Hamathites, Lebo Hamath
• Store-Cities
• Course
• Perfect
• Solomon
• Tadmor
• Palestine
• Tamar (2)

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings