◄ 1 Kings 9:12 ►
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Good News Translation
Hiram went to see them, and he did not like them.

New Revised Standard Version
But when Hiram came from Tyre to see the cities that Solomon had given him, they did not please him.

Contemporary English Version
When Hiram went to see the towns, he did not like them.

New American Bible
Hiram left Tyre to see the cities Solomon had given him, but he was not satisfied with them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Hiram came out of Tyre, to see the towns which Solomon had given him, and they pleased him not;

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Hiram came out of Tyre, to see the towns which Solomon had given him, and they pleased him not;

Numbers 22:34 Balaam said: I have sinned, not knowing that thou didst stand against me: and now if it displease thee that I go, I will return.

Judges 14:3 And his father and mother said to him: Is there no woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou wilt take a wife of the Philistines, who are uncircumcised? And Samson said to his father: Take this woman for me; for she hath pleased my eyes.

Context
Solomon's Numerous Achievements
…11(Hiram, the king of Tyre, furnishing Solomon with cedar trees, and fir trees, and gold, according to all he had need of) then Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. 12And Hiram came out of Tyre, to see the towns which Solomon had given him, and they pleased him not;13And he said: Are these the cities which thou hast given me, brother? And he called them the land of Chabul, unto this day.…
Cross References
1 Kings 9:11
(Hiram, the king of Tyre, furnishing Solomon with cedar trees, and fir trees, and gold, according to all he had need of) then Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

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.

1 Kings 9:11
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