1 Kings 9:10-14

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Solomon’s Other Achievements^(A)

¹⁰ By the end of twenty years, King Solomon had built two buildings—the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of the Lord and the ·royal palace [^Lking’s house]. ¹¹ At that time King Solomon gave twenty towns in Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre, because Hiram had helped with the buildings. Hiram had given Solomon all the cedar, ·pine [juniper; cypress timber], and gold he wanted. ¹² So Hiram traveled from Tyre to see the towns Solomon had given him, but when he saw them, he was not pleased. ¹³ He asked, “What ·good are these towns [kinds of towns have] you have given me, my brother?” So he named them the Land of ·Cabul [^Cmeaning “worthless”], and they are still called that today. ¹⁴ Hiram had sent Solomon ·about nine thousand pounds [^L120 talents] of gold.