KJV King James Version
And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,
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1 Kings 9:18
And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Baalath, and Tamar in the Wilderness of Judah,
WEB World English Bible
and Baalath, and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land,
ASV American Standard Version
and Baalath, and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land;
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 9
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 Bethhoron the nether,
18 And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,
19 And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
20 [And] all the people [that were] left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which [were] not of the children of Israel,
21 Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.
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