Discovery Box1 Kings 9:13 
Context9:13 Hiram asked, 1 “Why did you give me these cities, my friend 2 ?” He called that area the region of Cabul, a name which it has retained to this day. 3
1 Kings 18:31
Context18:31 Then Elijah took twelve stones, corresponding to the number of tribes that descended from Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, “Israel will be your new 4 name.” 5
1 Kings 22:16
Context22:16 The king said to him, “How many times must I make you solemnly promise in 6 the name of the Lord to tell me only the truth?”
1 tn Heb “and he said.”
2 tn Heb “my brother.” Kings allied through a parity treaty would sometimes address each other as “my brother.” See 1 Kgs 20:32-33.
3 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.”
4 tn The word “new” is implied but not actually present in the Hebrew text.
5 sn Israel will be your new name. See Gen 32:28; 35:10.
6 tn Or “swear an oath by.”
