Tadmor

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(Tamar, palms). The Palmyra of the Greeks and Romans. A city built by Solomon in Syria, toward the Euphrates, for the purpose of facilitating trade with the east. Its ruins are numerous and suggestive (1 Kings 9:1818And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land, (1 Kings 9:18); 2 Chron. 8:44And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath. (2 Chronicles 8:4)). Tadmor, or Palmyra, reached the height of its splendor, wealth, and power under the celebrated Zenobia, “Queen of the East,” who made it the capital of her empire. It fell a prey to the victorious Romans. Among its notable ruins are the Temple of the Sun dedicated to Baal, a Street of Columns, of which 150 are still standing, and a series of magnificent tombs intended for both burial places and places of worship. The old name still exists in the form of Thadmor.