8:2 Solomon rebuilt the cities that Huram 1 had given him and settled Israelites there.
8:3 Solomon went to Hamath Zobah and seized it.
8:4 He built up Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities he had built in Hamath.
1 tnHeb “Huram” (also in v. 18). Some medieval Hebrew mss, along with the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate spell the name “Hiram,” agreeing with 1 Chr 14:1. “Huram” is a variant spelling referring to the same individual.