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2 Chronicles 8:4 KJV
2 Chronicles · chapter 8 · verse 4
And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.2 Chronicles 8:4 · King James Version
2 Chronicles 8:4 in context
2That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
3And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it.
4And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.
5Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
6And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- wildernessmidbâra pastureH4057 →
- TadmorTadmôrTadmor, a place near PalestineH8412 →
- citiesʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
- HamathChămâthChamath, a place in SyriaH2574 →
- builtbânâhto buildH1129 →
- storemiçkᵉnâha magazineH4543 →
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This we had Kg1 9:10-24, and therefore shall only observe here, I. Though Solomon was a man of great learning and knowledge, yet he spent his days, not in contemplation, but in action, not in his study, but in his country, in building cities and fortifying them, in a time of peace preparing for a time of war, which is…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11