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1 Kings 9:13-15
New International Version
1 Kings 9:13-15
New International Version
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. 14 Now Hiram had sent to the king 120 talents[b] of gold.(B)
15 Here is the account of the forced labor King Solomon conscripted(C) to build the Lord’s temple, his own palace, the terraces,[c](D) the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor,(E) Megiddo and Gezer.(F)
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 9:13 Kabul sounds like the Hebrew for good-for-nothing.
- 1 Kings 9:14 That is, about 4 1/2 tons or about 4 metric tons
- 1 Kings 9:15 Or the Millo; also in verse 24
1 Kings 9:13-15
English Standard Version
1 Kings 9:13-15
English Standard Version
13 Therefore he said, “What kind of cities are these that you have given me, my brother?” So they are called the land of (A)Cabul to this day. 14 Hiram had sent to the king 120 talents[a] of gold.
15 And this is the account of (B)the forced labor that King Solomon drafted to build the house of the Lord and his own house and (C)the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and (D)Hazor and (E)Megiddo and Gezer
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- 1 Kings 9:14 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
1 Kings 9:13-15
King James Version
1 Kings 9:13-15
King James Version
13 And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.
14 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
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.
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