1 Kings 9:11-18

1 Kings 9:11-18

[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.  [12] And Hiram  came out  from Tyre  to see  the cities  which Solomon  had given  him; and they pleased  him not. [13] 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.  [14] And Hiram  sent  to the king  sixscore  talents  of gold.  [15] And this is the reason  of the levy  which king  Solomon  raised;  for to build  the house  of the LORD,  and his own house,  and Millo,  and the wall  of Jerusalem,  and Hazor,  and Megiddo,  and Gezer.  [16] For Pharaoh  king  of Egypt  had gone up,  and taken  Gezer,  and burnt  it with fire,  and slain  the Canaanites  that dwelt  in the city,  and given  it for a present  unto his daughter,  Solomon's  wife.  [17] And Solomon  built  Gezer,  and Bethhoron  the nether,  [18] And Baalath,  and Tadmor  in the wilderness,  in the land,