2 Chronicles 8:4
in 2 Chronicles 8He built Tadmor in the wilderness, in addition to all the store cities that he had built in Hamath.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store-cities, which he built in Hamath.
KJV
And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 8
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd built Tadmor in the wilderness,.... Of which See Gill on 1Ki 9:18. 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.
This site's exposition
at the end of twenty years
on 2 Chronicles 8:1-6
The twenty years join the temple's seven and the king's own house's thirteen into one span, then Chronicles lists what filled it: cities restored from Huram, a campaign against Hamath-zobah, and store, chariot and garrison cities across the land. Hamath-zobah is the one recorded military campaign of Solomon's reign in either book, a break from the peace that otherwise defines him. Tadmor in the wilderness is the same site later ages knew as the caravan city Palmyra. The list runs close to 1 Kings 9:15-19; Chronicles gathers the scattered building notices of Kings into one register of everything Solomon desired to build.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
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.
Tadmor - Palmyra. See the note on 1Ki 9:18, for an account of this superb city.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּ֥בֶן | vaiyiven | and he built | H1129 → | 376 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| תַּדְמֹ֖ר | tadmor | Tadmor | H8412 → | |
| בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר | bamidbar | in the wilderness | H4057 → | 270 times |
| וְאֵת֙ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עָרֵ֣י | ʾarei | [the] cities of | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| הַֽמִּסְכְּנ֔וֹת | hamiskenot | <the> storage | H4543 → | 7 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בָּנָ֖ה | banah | he built | H1129 → | 376 times |
| בַּחֲמָֽת׃ | bachamat | in Hamath | H2574 → |
וַיִּ֥בֶןand he built
vaiyivenH1129 →376 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
תַּדְמֹ֖רTadmor
tadmorH8412 →
בַּמִּדְבָּ֑רin the wilderness
bamidbarH4057 →270 times
וְאֵת֙and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
עָרֵ֣י[the] cities of
ʾareiH5892 →1090 times
הַֽמִּסְכְּנ֔וֹת<the> storage
hamiskenotH4543 →7 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
בָּנָ֖הhe built
banahH1129 →376 times
בַּחֲמָֽת׃in Hamath
bachamatH2574 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.