1 Kings 9:18
16 Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
17 So Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon,
Baalath, and Tamar in the Wilderness of Judah,
19 as well as all the store cities that Solomon had for his chariots and horses —whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion.
20 As for all the people who remained of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (the people who were not Israelites)—
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Baalath, and Tamar in the Wilderness of Judah,
- KJV
- And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,
- WEB
- Baalath, Tamar in the wilderness,
- ASV
- and Baalath, and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land,
- DARBY
- and Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,
- BLB
- and Baalath, and Tamar in the wilderness in the land,
- ÅB
- og Ba'alat og Tadmor i ørkenen der i landet,
- OTB
- Baalat og Tamar i ørkenområdet i Juda,
- B1930
- og Ba'alat og Tadmor i ørkenen der i landet,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 19:44
Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,
Read in context2 Chronicles 8:4
He built Tadmor in the wilderness, in addition to all the store cities that he had built in Hamath.
Read in context