1 Kings 9:11

Hiram king of Tyre helped Solomon with cedar wood, and fir wood, and with gold, and all that he wished for: then the king gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

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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 Hiram 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

Joshua 20:7And Joshua separated Kadesh in Galilee in the Mount Naphtali, and Shechem in the Mount Ephraim, and the city of Arba; this is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.

2 Chronicles 2:8to prepare timber for me in abundance: for the house which I am building must be great and glorious.

2 Chronicles 8:2that Solomon rebuilt the cities which Hiram 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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