2 Chronicles 8:3
He went also into Emath Suba, and possessed it.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it.
In Context
4And he built Palmira in the desert, and he built other strong cities in Emath.
Cross References
Numbers 13:21The ground, fat or barren, woody or without trees. Be of good courage, and bring us of the fruits of the land. Now it was the time when the first ripe grapes are fit to be eaten.
2 Samuel 8:3David defeated also Adarezer the son of Rohob king of Soba, when he went to extend his dominion over the river Euphrates.
2 Kings 14:28But the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his velour, where- with he fought, and how he restored Damascus, and Emath to Juda in Israel, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?
1 Chronicles 18:3At that time David defeated also Adarezer king of Soba of the land of Hemath, when he went to extend his dominions as far as the river Euphrates.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 8:2-12
Solomon's Buildings. ( b. c. 992.) 1 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the Lord , and his own house, 2 That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there. 3 And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it. 4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath. 5 Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fenced cities, with… Read the whole commentary →