Cities Given to Hiram

10 (A)Now it came about (B)at the end of twenty years in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king’s house 11 (Hiram king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar and juniper timber and gold, [a]satisfying all his desire), that King Solomon then gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. 12 So Hiram left Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, and they [b]did not please him. 13 And he said, “What are these cities which you have given me, my brother?” So [c]they have been called the land of [d](C)Cabul to this day. 14 (D)And Hiram sent to the king [e]120 talents of gold.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 9:11 Lit to all
  2. 1 Kings 9:12 Lit were not right in his sight
  3. 1 Kings 9:13 Lit he called them
  4. 1 Kings 9:13 I.e., like nothing
  5. 1 Kings 9:14 About 4.5 tons or 4 metric tons

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