1 Kings 9:10-14
Modern English Version
Solomon’s Other Activities(A)
10 When twenty years had passed since Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king’s house 11 (now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar and fir trees, along with gold, as he had requested), King Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. 12 Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities Solomon had given him, and he was not pleased with them. 13 He said, “What cities are these which you have given me, my brother?” And he called them the land of Kabul to this day. 14 Hiram sent to the king one hundred and twenty talents[a] of gold.
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- 1 Kings 9:14 About 4½ tons, or 4 metric tons.
1 Kings 9:10-14
New King James Version
Solomon and Hiram Exchange Gifts
10 Now (A)it happened at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king’s house 11 (B)(Hiram the king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar and cypress and gold, as much as he desired), that King Solomon then gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. 12 Then Hiram went from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, but they did not please him. 13 So he said, “What kind of cities are these which you have given me, my brother?” (C)And he called them the land of [a]Cabul, as they are to this day. 14 Then Hiram sent the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold.
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- 1 Kings 9:13 Lit. Good for Nothing
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