4 He built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the storage cities, which he built in Hamath.
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Tadmor - Palmyra. See the note on 1-Kings 9:18, for an account of this superb city.
And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the (c) store cities, which he built in Hamath.
(c) Meaning of munitions and treasures for the war.
And built Tadmor in the wilderness,.... Of which See Gill on 1-Kings 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.
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