1 Kings 9:11

Chiram king of Tyre helped Solomon with cedar + 9:11 Gr. woods. wood, and fir + 9:11 Gr. woods. wood, and with gold, and all that he wished for: then the king gave Chiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

( 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.

In Context

10During twenty years in which Solomon was building the two houses, the house of the Lord, and the house of the king,

12So Chiram departed from Tyre, and went into Galilee to see the cities which Solomon gave to him; and they pleased him not. And he said,

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 2:8And send me from Libanus cedar wood, and wood of juniper, and pine; for I know that your servants are skilled in cutting timber in Libanus: and, behold, your servants shall go with my servants,

2 Chronicles 8:2that Solomon rebuilt the cities which Chiram had given to Solomon, and caused the children of Israel to dwell in them.

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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