2 Chronicles 8:3

And built Tadmor in the wilderness,.... Of which See Gill on Kg1 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…

Hamath-zobah - Usually identified with the “great Hamath” Amo 6:2; the capital of Coele-Syria; but probably a town of Zobah otherwise unknown, which revolted from Solomon, and was reduced to…

Hamath-zobah - "Emessa, on the river Orontes." - Calmet.

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…

Hamath-zobah The two kingdoms of Hamath and Zobah are distinguished from one another (1Ch 18:3; 1Ch 18:9 = 1Sa 8:3; 1Sa 8:9), Hamath apparently being north of Zobah. It is probable however that…