By the spirit, if not by the letter, of the Law, Solomon had no right to give away these cities, or any part of the inheritance of Israel ([Referen…

Gave Hiram ... cities. —This implies a debt to him for timber and gold, and probably stone also, over and above the payment in kin…

(Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with
cedar trees and fir trees
For …

Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities. Hiram did not like them. If Solomon wished to satisfy him, it should be in Hiram's own element, by becoming his p…