1 Kings 9:18

They also rebuilt Baalath and Tamar towns in the desert in the southern part of Judah.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

and Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,

In Context

17So Solomon’s workers also rebuilt Gezer, and they also rebuilt Lower Beth-Horon city.

19They also built cities where they kept the supplies for Solomon, the places where his horses and chariots were kept. They also built everything else that Solomon wanted them to build, in Jerusalem and in Lebanon, and in other places in the area over which he ruled.

Read all of 1 Kings 9

Cross References

Joshua 19:44Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,

Ezekiel 47:19On the south side, the boundary will extend from Tamar southwest to the springs near the town of Meribah-Kadesh. Then the boundary will extend west along the dry riverbed at the border of Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea. That will be the southern boundary.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 9:16-28

Solomon's Buildings; Solomon's Greatness. ( b. c. 991.) 15 And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the Lord , and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer. 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, 18 And Baalath, and… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study 1 Kings 9:18