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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)He rebuilt Tadmor in the wilderness and built towns in the region of Hamath as supply centers.

Context of 2 Chronicles 8:4

2Solomon rebuilt the villages that Hiram had given him, and settled Israelites in them. 3Solomon then went to Hamath Zobah and captured it. He also built up Tadmor in the desert and all the store cities he had built in Hamath. 5He rebuilt Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon as fortified cities, with walls and with gates and bars, 6as well as Baalath and all his store cities, and all the cities for his chariots and for his horses—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and throughout all the territory he ruled.

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 9:17And Solomon rebuilt Gezer.) He built up 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