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Solomon attacked Hamathzobah
Solomon represents his whole fighting army. AT: "Solomon's army attacked the town of Hamathzolbah" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche and rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
He built Tadmor in the wilderness
Tadmor was a city north of Israel, in modern-day Syria. The author writes of Solomon commanding the people to build Tadmor as if Solomon himself built it. AT: "Solomon caused the town of Tadmor in the wilderness to be rebuilt" or "Solomon commanded, and the people built the town of Tadmor in the wilderness" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)
Tadmor
Tadmor was a city north of Israel, in modern-day Syria. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
store cities
"storage cities" or "supply cities." These are cities where the government stored food or supplies.
Hamath
Hamath was a region north of Israel, in modern-day Syria. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)