1 Kings 9:10-13

9:10

After twenty <06242 07097> [at the end of twenty.]

9:11

Hiram ............ Hiram <02438> [Now Hiram.]

King Solomon ... King ................ Solomon <08010 04428> [king Solomon.]

Galilee <01551> [of Galilee.]

9:12

pleased <03474> [they pleased him not. Heb. were not right in his eyes.]

9:13

friend <0251> [my brother.]

Cabul <03521> [Cabul. that is, Displeasing, or dirty.]

Josephus says that {Cabul,} in the Phoenician language, signifies [ouk areskon,] displeasing; and that these cities were situated in the neighbourhood of Tyre. Most commentators are persuaded that the city Cabul in the tribe of Asher was one; and probably from this Hiram took occasion to give this name to all the other cities which Solomon had ceded to him.