1 Kings 9:13
And he said: Are these the cities which thou hast given me, brother? And he called them the land of Chabul, unto this day.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
12And Hiram came out of Tyre, to see the towns which Solomon had given him, and they pleased him not,
14And Hiram sent to king Solomon a hundred and twenty talents of gold.
Cross References
1 Kings 5:1And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon: for he heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram had always been David's friend.
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 →