13 “What kind of towns are these you have given me, my brother?” he asked. And he called them the Land of Kabul,[a](A) a name they have to this day.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 9:13 Kabul sounds like the Hebrew for good-for-nothing.

27 It then turned east toward Beth Dagon,(A) touched Zebulun(B) and the Valley of Iphtah El,(C) and went north to Beth Emek and Neiel, passing Kabul(D) on the left.

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This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Tyre,(A)
    even for four, I will not relent.(B)
Because she sold whole communities of captives to Edom,
    disregarding a treaty of brotherhood,(C)

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Preparations for Building the Temple(A)

[a]When Hiram(B) king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king to succeed his father David, he sent his envoys to Solomon, because he had always been on friendly terms with David. Solomon sent back this message to Hiram:

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 5:1 In Hebrew texts 5:1-18 is numbered 5:15-32.

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