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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 9:11 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| 1Ki 9:11 |
Strong Concordance |
(Now Hiram [02438] the king [04428] of Tyre [06865] had furnished [05375] Solomon [08010] with cedar [0730] trees [06086] and fir [01265] trees [06086], and with gold [02091], according to all his desire [02656],) that then [0227] king [04428] Solomon [08010] gave [05414] Hiram [02438] twenty [06242] cities [05892] in the land [0776] of Galilee [01551]. |
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King James |
(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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee--According to JOSEPHUS, they were situated on the northwest of it, adjacent to Tyre. Though lying within the boundaries of the promised land (Gen 15:18; Jos 1:4), they had never been conquered till then, and were inhabited by Canaanite heathens (Jdg 4:2-13; Kg2 15:29). They were probably given to Hiram, whose dominions were small, as a remuneration for his important services in furnishing workmen, materials, and an immense quantity of wrought gold (Kg1 9:14) for the temple and other buildings [MICHAELIS]. The gold, however, as others think, may have been the amount of forfeits paid to Solomon by Hiram for not being able to answer the riddles and apothegms, with which, according to JOSEPHUS, in their private correspondence, the two sovereigns amused themselves. Hiram having refused these cities, probably on account of their inland situation making them unsuitable to his maritime and commercial people, Solomon satisfied his ally in some other way; and, taking these cities into his own hands, he first repaired their shattered walls, then filled them with a colony of Hebrews (Ch2 8:2). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| 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 Lev. 25:13-34. But the exigences of a worldly policy caused the requirements of the Law to be set aside. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Galilee - Or, near the land of Galilee, bordering upon it; in those parts which were near, and adjoining to Hiram's dominions: with the cities, understand the territories belonging to them. These cities, though they were within those large bounds which God fixed to the land of promise, Gen 15:18; Jos 1:4, yet were not within those parts which were distributed by lot in Joshua's time. It is probable they were not inhabited by Israelites, but by Canaanites, or other Heathens; who being subdued, and extirpated by David or Solomon, those cities became a part of their dominions; and afterwards were reckoned a part of Galilee, as Josephus notes. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities - It is very likely that Solomon did not give those cities to Hiram so that they should be annexed to his Tyrian dominions, but rather gave him the produce of them till the money was paid which he had advanced to Solomon for his buildings. It appears however that either Hiram did not accept them, or that having received the produce till he was paid, he then restored them to Solomon; for in the parallel place, Ch2 8:2, it is said, The cities which Hiram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there. Some think that they were heathen cities which Solomon had conquered, and therefore had a right to give them if he pleased, as they were not any part of the land given by promise to the Israelites. |
2 That the cities [05892] which Huram [02361] had restored [05414] to Solomon [08010], Solomon [08010] built [01129] them, and caused the children [01121] of Israel [03478] to dwell [03427] there.
14 And Hiram [02438] sent [07971] to the king [04428] sixscore [03967] [06242] talents [03603] of gold [02091].
29 In the days [03117] of Pekah [06492] king [04428] of Israel [03478] came [0935] Tiglathpileser [08407] king [04428] of Assyria [0804], and took [03947] Ijon [05859], and Abelbethmaachah [062], and Janoah [03239], and Kedesh [06943], and Hazor [02674], and Gilead [01568], and Galilee [01551], all the land [0776] of Naphtali [05321], and carried them captive [01540] to Assyria [0804].
2 And the LORD [03068] sold [04376] them into the hand [03027] of Jabin [02985] king [04428] of Canaan [03667], that reigned [04427] in Hazor [02674]; the captain [08269] of whose host [06635] was Sisera [05516], which dwelt [03427] in Harosheth [02800] of the Gentiles [01471].
3 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] cried [06817] unto the LORD [03068]: for he had nine [08672] hundred [03967] chariots [07393] of iron [01270]; and twenty [06242] years [08141] he mightily [02394] oppressed [03905] the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
4 And Deborah [01683], a prophetess [05031], the wife [0802] of Lapidoth [03941], she judged [08199] Israel [03478] at that time [06256].
5 And she dwelt [03427] under the palm tree [08560] of Deborah [01683] between Ramah [07414] and Bethel [01008] in mount [02022] Ephraim [0669]: and the children [01121] of Israel [03478] came up [05927] to her for judgment [04941].
6 And she sent [07971] and called [07121] Barak [01301] the son [01121] of Abinoam [042] out of Kedeshnaphtali [06943], and said [0559] unto him, Hath not the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] commanded [06680], saying, Go [03212] and draw [04900] toward mount [02022] Tabor [08396], and take [03947] with thee ten [06235] thousand [0505] men [0376] of the children [01121] of Naphtali [05321] and of the children [01121] of Zebulun [02074]?
7 And I will draw [04900] unto thee to the river [05158] Kishon [07028] Sisera [05516], the captain [08269] of Jabin's [02985] army [06635], with his chariots [07393] and his multitude [01995]; and I will deliver [05414] him into thine hand [03027].
8 And Barak [01301] said [0559] unto her, If thou wilt go [03212] with me, then I will go [01980]: but if thou wilt not go [03212] with me, then I will not go [03212].
9 And she said [0559], I will surely [01980] go [03212] with thee: notwithstanding [0657] the journey [01870] that thou takest [01980] shall not be for thine honour [08597]; for the LORD [03068] shall sell [04376] Sisera [05516] into the hand [03027] of a woman [0802]. And Deborah [01683] arose [06965], and went [03212] with Barak [01301] to Kedesh [06943].
10 And Barak [01301] called [02199] Zebulun [02074] and Naphtali [05321] to Kedesh [06943]; and he went up [05927] with ten [06235] thousand [0505] men [0376] at his feet [07272]: and Deborah [01683] went up [05927] with him.
11 Now Heber [02268] the Kenite [07017], which was of the children [01121] of Hobab [02246] the father in law [02859] of Moses [04872], had severed [06504] himself from the Kenites [07017], and pitched [05186] his tent [0168] unto the plain [0436] of Zaanaim [06815], which is by Kedesh [06943].
12 And they shewed [05046] Sisera [05516] that Barak [01301] the son [01121] of Abinoam [042] was gone up [05927] to mount [02022] Tabor [08396].
13 And Sisera [05516] gathered together [02199] all his chariots [07393], even nine [08672] hundred [03967] chariots [07393] of iron [01270], and all the people [05971] that were with him, from Harosheth [02800] of the Gentiles [01471] unto the river [05158] of Kishon [07028].
4 From the wilderness [04057] and this Lebanon [03844] even unto the great [01419] river [05104], the river [05104] Euphrates [06578], all the land [0776] of the Hittites [02850], and unto the great [01419] sea [03220] toward the going down [03996] of the sun [08121], shall be your coast [01366].
18 In the same [01931] day [03117] the LORD [03068] made [03772] a covenant [01285] with Abram [087], saying [0559], Unto thy seed [02233] have I given [05414] this land [0776], from the river [05104] of Egypt [04714] unto the great [01419] river [05104], the river [05104] Euphrates [06578]:
4 From the wilderness [04057] and this Lebanon [03844] even unto the great [01419] river [05104], the river [05104] Euphrates [06578], all the land [0776] of the Hittites [02850], and unto the great [01419] sea [03220] toward the going down [03996] of the sun [08121], shall be your coast [01366].
18 In the same [01931] day [03117] the LORD [03068] made [03772] a covenant [01285] with Abram [087], saying [0559], Unto thy seed [02233] have I given [05414] this land [0776], from the river [05104] of Egypt [04714] unto the great [01419] river [05104], the river [05104] Euphrates [06578]:
2 That the cities [05892] which Huram [02361] had restored [05414] to Solomon [08010], Solomon [08010] built [01129] them, and caused the children [01121] of Israel [03478] to dwell [03427] there.