2nd Chronicles Chapter 8 verse 4 Holy Bible
And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store-cities, which he built in Hamath.
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And he put up the buildings of Tadmor in the waste land, and of all the store-towns in Hamath;
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And he built Tadmor, in the wilderness, and all the store-cities, which he built in Hamath.
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And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.
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And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.
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He built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store-cities, which he built in Hamath.
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and he buildeth Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the cities of store that he hath built in Hamath.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - Tadmor in the wilderness. Tadmor, one with the classical Palmyra, lay in the desert of Syria, about half-way between the rivers Orontes and Euphrates, and distant from Damascus about a hundred and forty miles to its east-north-east. Stanley ('Sinai and Palestine,' p. 8, note 1) says, "Is it quite certain that 'Tadmor' and 'Palmyra' are words derived from the (palms)? A palm is in Hebrew tamar... and in Greek... phoenix." Solomon was probably not the originator, but rather re-builder, of the place. Its fame was great under Zenobia, the Queen of Odenathus; she was taken captive by the Emperor Aurelian, A.D. 273, when the city was subdued. It is now little better than the haunt of a few Arabs Splendid ruins remain, specially of the great temple of the sun. The Hebrew text of 1 Kings 9:18 has apparently Tamer, or Tamar, and it has been suggested by Movers on that passage that possibly a Tamar in the south, and that is found in the neighbourhood of some of the other places, such as Baalath, Beth-heron, and Gezer, all in the south (Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:28; ch. 20:2), is intended. Our text, however, in the present place offers no choice, while that in Kings (compare Chethiv and Keri) is doubtful. And finally, our writer is here evidently in the neighbourhood of Hamath, which of course best suits Tadmor. Although there is an apparent disjointedness between this and the parallel, closer notice may rather bring confirmation of substantial agreement between them. For instance, the store cities here spoken of as belonging to Hamath (but not individually named here and not corresponding with those that are named in Kings) are accounted for by the words, "and in Lebanon," in 1 Kings 9:19.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) And he built Tadmor in the wilderness.--That is, Palmyra, in the wilderness, on the traders' route between the coast and Thapsacuson the Euphrates. See 1Kings 9:18, where Tamar or Tammor of the Heb. text is explained by the margin to mean Tadmor; and the epithet, "in the wilderness," seems certainly to identify the two names. That Solomon was the founder of Palmyra is the tradition of the country to this day.And all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.--1Kings 9:19 mentions these cities, but not their locality. They were no doubt "places of arms," and served as outposts against the hostile neighbouring kingdom of Zobah-Damascus. (See 1Kings 11:23-25.) So far as they lay on the caravan route, they would serve also as victualling stations. (Comp. 2Chronicles 32:28.)
