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1Ki 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

my brother		1Ki 5:1,2; Amo 1:9
Cabul		that is, Displeasing, or dirty. Josephus says that Cabul, in the Phoenician language, signifies [ouk areskon] displeasing; and that these cities were situated in the neighbourhood of Tyre. Most commentators are persuaded that the city Cabul in the tribe of Asher was one; and probably from this Hiram took occasion to give this name to all the other cities which Solomon had ceded to him. Jos 19:27

Correlating Passages

my brother

	1Ki 5:1	And 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.
	1Ki 5:2	And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
	Amo 1:9	Thus 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:

Cabul

Jos 19:27

And 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,

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Kings 9:13," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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