1 Kings 9:13 (KJV)

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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

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my brother. 1Ki 5:1 1Ki 5:2 Am 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

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