1 Kings 9:18

Baalath, and Tamar in the Wilderness of Judah,

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The narrative continues Solomon’s record of his construction projects, listing specific towns restored or established across his territory.

The words — The text identifies בַּעֲלָ֛ת (Baalath) and תַּדְמֹ֥ר (Tadmor) with the phrases בַּ/מִּדְבָּ֖ר (in the wilderness) and בָּ/אָֽרֶץ (in the land), marking their geographic placement.

The thread — Baalath appears in Joshua 19:44 within a list of towns, while Tadmor is explicitly identified as a wilderness city built by Solomon in 2 Chronicles 8:4.

Why it lands — The verse demands the reader locate these names within Solomon’s documented building program, treating them as concrete administrative sites rather than symbolic references.

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The Hebrew words

וְאֶֽת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>בַּעֲלָ֛תba.'a.LatBaalath וְאֶת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>תַּדְמֹ֥רta.marTadmor בַּמִּדְבָּ֖רba./mid.Barin the/ wilderness בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ba./'A.retzin the/ land

King James Version

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

Cross-references

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

Places named

Tamar 1