KJV King James Version
And he said, What cities [are] these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.
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1 Kings 9:13
And he said, What cities [are] these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“What are these towns you have given me, my brother?” asked Hiram, and he called them the Land of Cabul, as they are called to this day.
WEB World English Bible
He said, “What cities are these which you have given me, my brother?” He called them the land of Cabul to this day.
ASV American Standard Version
And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he saith, ‘What are these cities that thou hast given to me, my brother?’ and one calleth them the land of Cabul unto this day.
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 9
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 which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.
14 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
15 And this [is] the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
16 [For] Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it [for] a present unto his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
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וַיֹּ֕אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayמָ֚הH4100 · mahwhat?הֶעָרִ֣יםH5892 · irexcitementהָאֵ֔לֶּהH428 · el.lehtheseאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichנָתַ֥תָּהH5414 · na.tanto give: giveלִּ֖יH9030 · nimeאָחִ֑יH251 · achbrother: male-siblingוַיִּקְרָ֤אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toלָהֶם֙H9038 · hemthemאֶ֣רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetכָּב֔וּלH3521 · ka.vulCabulעַ֖דH5704 · adtillהַיּ֥וֹםH3117 · yomdayהַזֶּֽה׃ פH2088 · zehthis
Cross-references
Joshua 19:27And turneth toward the sunrising to Bethdagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthahel toward the north side of Bethemek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,Amos 1:9Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:1 Kings 5:1-2And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.
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