2 Chronicles 8:6

And 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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Baalath	בַּעֲלָ֗ת ba.'a.Lat	H1191	Baalath · proper noun, a place name
store	הַֽמִּסְכְּנוֹת֙ ha.mis.ke.nOt	H4543	a magazine · definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
cities	עָרֵ֤י 'a.Rei	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · noun, common masculine plural construct
Solomon	לִשְׁלֹמֹ֔ה lish.lo.Moh	H8010	Shelomah · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
chariot	הָרֶ֔כֶב ha.Re.khev	H7393	a vehicle · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
cities	עָרֵ֣י 'a.Rei	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · noun, common masculine plural construct
cities	עָרֵ֣י 'a.Rei	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · noun, common masculine plural construct
horsemen	הַפָּרָשִׁ֑ים ha.pa.ra.Shim	H6571	a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
Solomon	שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה she.lo.Moh	H8010	Shelomah · proper noun, a man's name
desired	חָשַׁק֙ cha.Shak	H2836	to cling · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
build	לִבְנ֤וֹת liv.Not	H1129	to build (literally and figuratively) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
Jerusalem	בִּירֽוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ bi.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · preposition + proper noun, a place name
Lebanon	וּבַלְּבָנ֔וֹן u.va.le.va.Non	H3844	Lebanon · conjunction + preposition with the article + proper noun, a place name
land	אֶ֥רֶץ 'E.retz	H776	the earth (at large · noun, common feminine singular construct
dominion	מֶמְשַׁלְתּֽוֹ mem.shal.To	H4475	rule · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Joshua 19:44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
1 Kings 7:2 He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the he…
1 Kings 9:18-19 And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,
1 Kings 10:26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he…
2 Chronicles 1:14 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed i…
2 Chronicles 8:4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.
2 Chronicles 17:12 And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.
Ecclesiastes 2:4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 8:1-11

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 as much a man's business as it is in summer to provide food for winter. II. As he was a man of business himself, and did not consult his own ease, so he employed a great many hands, kept abundance of people to work. It is the interest of a state by all means possible to promote and encourage industry, and to keep its subjects from idleness. A great many strangers there were in…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 8:3

And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah--Hamath was on the Orontes, in CÅ“le-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 Tadmor, the famous Palmyra in the same region. Various other cities along the frontiers of his extended dominions he repaired and fitted up, either to serve as store-places for the furtherance of his commercial enterprises, or to secure his kingdom f…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 8:6

All the store cities - See the note on Kg1 9:19.

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 8:6

And Baalath,.... See 1 Kings 9:18. From hence, to the end of 2 Chronicles 8:11, it is the same with 1 Kings 9:19. See Gill on 1 Kings 9:19. 1 Kings 9:20. 1 Kings 9:21. 1 Kings 9:22. 1 Kings 9:23. 1 Kings 9:24.

Dictionary and topics

Baalath — A town of the tribe of Dan (Josh. 19:44). It was fortified by Solomon (1 Kings 9:18; 2 Chr. 8:6). Some have identified it with Bel’ain, in Wady Deir Balut.
Solomon — Peaceful, (Heb. Shelomoh), David’s second son by Bathsheba, i.e., the first after their legal marriage (2 Sam. 12). He was probably born about B.C. 1035 (1 Chr. 22:5; 29:1). He succeeded his father…
Chariot · Cities for — Cities for
Cities · .Chariot — .Chariot
Treasure Cities · Built for the storage of the king’ s substance — Built for the storage of the king’ s substance

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Chronicles 8:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 8:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 8:3

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 8:6

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 8:6

Dictionary and topics

2 Chronicles 8:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 8:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 8:3

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 8:6

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 8:6

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 8:1-6

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 8:6

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 8:5