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The Land of "Cabul"
Scholars explain that the name "Cabul" likely comes from a Phoenician word meaning "displeasing" or "as nothing." When King Hiram of Tyre received the twenty cities from Solomon, he named the territory "Cabul" to signify his dissatisfaction with the gift, finding the inland cities unsuitable for his purposes.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Kings 9:13
18th Century
Theologian
Cabul is said to be a Phoenician word, and it signified “displeasing.” There is some reason to believe that the cities thus despised by Hiram were …
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Kings 9:13
19th Century
Bishop
Cabul. —The derivation of this word is uncertain. Josephus evidently did not know it as a Hebrew word, for he expressly says that …
John Gill
On 1 Kings 9:13
17th Century
Pastor
And he said
By letter to him:
what cities are these which you have given me, my brother
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Kings 9:10–14
17th Century
Minister
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…