In 2Ch 8:4 we read that Solomon built 'Tadmor in the [Syrian] desert.' It has long been recognized that Tadmor is here a mistake for 'Tamar in the [Jud
So he said, "What are these towns you've given me, my brother?" So he called them the Land of Cabul, as they are [still called] today.
But Solomon did not consign the Israelites to slavery; they were soldiers, his servants, his commanders, his captains, and commanders of his chariots and his cavalry.
Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and seized it. He built Tadmor in the wilderness along with all the storage cities that he built in Hamath.
He built Tadmor in the wilderness along with all the storage cities that he built in Hamath.
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