Tree of Life Version
2 Chronicles 8:3
3Then Solomon marched against Hamath-zobah and overpowered it.
2 Chronicles 8:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Solomon went to Hamath–zobah, and prevailed against it.
- New International Version (NIV)Solomon then went to Hamath Zobah and captured it.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and took it.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And Solomon went to Hamath Zobah and seized it.
Context of 2 Chronicles 8:3
1It came to pass at the end of 20 years, during which Solomon built the House of Adonai and his own palace, 2that he built the cities which Huram had given to him and settled Bnei-Yisrael there. Then Solomon marched against Hamath-zobah and overpowered it. 4He built up Tadmor in the wilderness and all the store cities that he built in Hamath. 5He also built upper Beth-horon and lower Bet-horon as fortified cities with walls, gates and bars,
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וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה֙ חֲמָ֣ת צוֹבָ֔ה וַיֶּחֱזַ֖ק עָלֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 8:3
- Numbers 13:21So they went up and explored the land from the wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob the entrance of Hamath.
- Numbers 34:8then from Mount Hor to Levo-Hamath , then the boundary will go to Zedad.
- 2 Samuel 8:3David also defeated King Hadadezer son of Rehob of Zobah, as he went to restore his dominion along the River.
- 1 Kings 11:23Then God raised up another adversary against him, Rezon son of Eliada, who had fled from his lord King Hadad-ezer of Zobah,
- 1 Chronicles 18:3Moreover, David defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah at Hamath, when he went to establish his dominion to the Euphrates River.
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 8:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Hamath-zobah - "Emessa, on the river Orontes." - Calmet.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Hamath-zobah - Usually identified with the “great Hamath” Amos 6:2; the capital of Coele-Syria; but probably a town of Zobah otherwise unknown, which revolted from Solomon, and was reduced to subjection.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3This verse is the only mention in Chronicles of Solomon’s military achievements; he was known as a man of peace (1 Chronicles 22:9). The kingdoms of David and Solomon reached Hamath-zobah in the far north on the Orontes River. King Toi, the ruler of Hamath, sought David’s help against Hadadezer, the king of Zobah (1 Chronicles 18:9–10). Hadadezer was also called the king of Zobah-Hamath (1 Chronicles 18:3). Solomon led an expedition to this area to keep…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
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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
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