1 Kings 9:18
16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
17 And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,
And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,
19 And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
20 And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,
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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
And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
Read in context2 Chronicles 8:4
And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.
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