1 Kings 9:12
What does 1 Kings 9:12 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 9:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But when Hiram came from Tyre to see the towns which Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Hiram cometh out from Tyre to see the cities that Solomon hath given to him, and they have not been right in his eyes,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And Hiram came out of Tyre, to see the towns which Solomon had given him, and they pleased him not;
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities that Solomon had given him; and they did not please him.
Context
v.11(now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar-trees and fir-trees, and with gold, according to all his desire), that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
v.12This passage
v.13And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 22:34
And Balaam said unto the angel of Jehovah, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.
- Judges 14:3
Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.
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