1 Kings 9:13 "What kind of towns are these you have given me, my brother?" he asked. And he called them the Land of Kabul, a name they have to this day.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
"What kind of towns are these you have given me, my brother?" he asked. And he called them the Land of Kabul, a name they have to this day.

English Standard Version
Therefore he said, “What kind of cities are these that you have given me, my brother?” So they are called the land of Cabul to this day.

New American Standard Bible
He said, "What are these cities which you have given me, my brother?" So they were called the land of Cabul to this day.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So he said, "What are these towns you've given me, my brother?" So he called them the Land of Cabul, as they are still called today.

International Standard Version
so he asked him, "What are these cities that you have given to me, my brother?" That's why these cities were named "the land of Cabal" to this day.

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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said: Are these the cities which thou hast given me, brother? And he called them the land of Chabul, unto this day.

Darby Bible Translation
And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul to this day.

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.

Cross References

Joshua 19:27
And turns toward the sun rise to Bethdagon, and reaches to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthahel toward the north side of Bethemek, and Neiel, and goes out to Cabul on the left hand,

1 Kings 9:12
And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

9:10-14 Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities. Hiram did not like them. If Solomon would gratify him, let it be in his own element, by becoming his partner in trade, as he did. See how the providence of God suits this earth to the various tempers of men, and the dispositions of men to the earth, and all for the good of mankind in general.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

11. Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee—According to Josephus, they were situated on the northwest of it, adjacent to Tyre. Though lying within the boundaries of the promised land (Ge 15:18; Jos 1:4), they had never been conquered till then, and were inhabited by Canaanite heathens (Jud 4:2-13; 2Ki 15:29). They were probably given to Hiram, whose dominions were small, as a remuneration for his important services in furnishing workmen, materials, and an immense quantity of wrought gold (1Ki 9:14) for the temple and other buildings [Michaelis]. The gold, however, as others think, may have been the amount of forfeits paid to Solomon by Hiram for not being able to answer the riddles and apothegms, with which, according to Josephus, in their private correspondence, the two sovereigns amused themselves. Hiram having refused these cities, probably on account of their inland situation making them unsuitable to his maritime and commercial people, Solomon satisfied his ally in some other way; and, taking these cities into his own hands, he first repaired their shattered walls, then filled them with a colony of Hebrews (2Ch 8:2).