1 Kings 9
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1 Kings 9:11-18

11(now HiramH2438 the kingH4428 of TyreH6865 had furnished SolomonH8010 with cedar-trees and fir-trees, and with goldH2091, according to all his desireH2656), that thenH227 kingH4428 SolomonH8010 gaveH5414 HiramH2438 twentyH6242 citiesH5892 in the landH776 of GalileeH1551. 12And HiramH2438 cameH3318 out from TyreH6865 to seeH7200 the citiesH5892 which SolomonH8010 had givenH5414 him; and they pleased him not. 13And he saidH559, What citiesH5892 are these which thou hast givenH5414 me, my brotherH251? And he calledH7121 them the landH776 of CabulH3521 unto this dayH3117. 14And HiramH2438 sentH7971 to the kingH4428 sixscore talentsH3603 of goldH2091.

15And this is the reason of the levy which kingH4428 SolomonH8010 raised, to buildH1129 the houseH1004 of Jehovah, and his own houseH1004, and MilloH4407, and the wallH2346 of JerusalemH3389, and HazorH2674, and MegiddoH4023, and GezerH1507. 16PharaohH6547 kingH4428 of EgyptH4714 had goneH5927 up, and takenH3920 GezerH1507, and burnt it with fireH784, and slainH2026 the CanaanitesH3669 that dweltH3427 in the cityH5892, and givenH5414 it for a portion unto his daughterH1323, Solomon’s wifeH802. 17And SolomonH8010 builtH1129 GezerH1507, and Beth-horonH1032 the nether, 18and BaalathH1191, and TamarH8559 in the wildernessH4057, in the landH776,

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