Discovery Box1 Kings 9:11 
Context9:11 King Solomon gave King Hiram of Tyre 1 twenty cities in the region of Galilee, because Hiram had supplied Solomon with cedars, evergreens, and all the gold he wanted.
1 Kings 9:13
Context9:13 Hiram asked, 2 “Why did you give me these cities, my friend 3 ?” He called that area the region of Cabul, a name which it has retained to this day. 4
1 Kings 10:26
Context10:26 Solomon accumulated 5 chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem. 6
1 map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.
2 tn Heb “and he said.”
3 tn Heb “my brother.” Kings allied through a parity treaty would sometimes address each other as “my brother.” See 1 Kgs 20:32-33.
4 tn Heb “he called them the land of Cabul to this day.” The significance of the name is unclear, though it appears to be disparaging. The name may be derived from a root, attested in Akkadian and Arabic, meaning “bound” or “restricted.” Some propose a wordplay, pointing out that the name “Cabul” sounds like a Hebrew phrase meaning, “like not,” or “as good as nothing.”
5 tn Or “gathered.”
6 tn Heb “he placed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.”
map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
