1 Kings 9:12

But when Hiram came from Tyre to see the towns which Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.

In Context

11(Hiram, king of Tyre, had given Solomon cedar-trees and cypress-trees and gold, as much as he had need of,) King Solomon gave Hiram twenty towns in the land of Galilee.

13And he said, What sort of towns are these which you have given me, my brother? So they were named the land of Cabul, to this day.

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Cross References

Judges 14:3Then his father and mother said to him, Is there no woman among the daughters of your relations or among all my people, that you have to go for your wife to the Philistines, who are without circumcision? But Samson said to his father, Get her for me, for she is pleasing to me.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 9:11-15

Solomon and Hiram. ( b. c. 1001.) 10 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when 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 trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. 12 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not. 13 And he said, What cities are these… Read the whole commentary →

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