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Solomon’s Additional Achievements

1 Kings 9:18

In 11 translations

BSB
Baalath, and Tamar in the Wilderness of Judah,Alternate MT reading; the other alternate reads TadmorHebrew in the wilderness in the land
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,
LSV
and Ba‘alath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,
YLT
and Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land;
DBY
and Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,
DRC
And Baalath, and Palmira in the land of the wilderness.
GNV
And Baalath and Tamor in the wildernes of the land,
JPS
and Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,
LXXE2:46
and he built Thermæ in the wilderness.

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Where the editions differ

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  • Written (Ketiv): תָּמָר (“Tamar”). Read aloud (Qere): תַּדְמֹ֥ר (“Tadmor”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Leningrad Codex reads תְַּמֹ֥ר; read aloud (Qere) reads תַּדְמֹ֥ר (“Tadmor”).

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC
וְאֶֽת־בַּעֲלָ֛ת וְאֶת־תמר בַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר בָּאָֽרֶץ׃Read aloud as (qere): תַּדְמֹ֥ר
LXX-Br2:46
καὶ αὐτὸς ᾠκοδόμησε τὴν Θερμαὶ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ·

Who and where

📍 Baalath📍 Tamar◆ Reign of Solomon

People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Joshua 19:44Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,
  • 2 Chronicles 8:4He built Tadmor in the wilderness, in addition to all the store cities that he had built in Hamath.

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 10:22a in some Bibles
  • 9:18 in most Bibles

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