1 Kings 9:11

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Later, Solomon gave King Hiram of Tyre twenty towns in the region of Galilee to repay him for the cedar, pine, and gold he had given Solomon.

Cross References

1 Kings 9:10

It took twenty years for the LORD's temple and Solomon's palace to be built.

1 Kings 9:12

When Hiram went to see the towns, he did not like them.

1 Kings 9:14

He sent Solomon only five thousand kilogrammes of gold in return.

2 Chronicles 2:16

I will tell them to start cutting down trees in Lebanon. They will cut as many as you need, then tie them together into rafts, and float them down along the coast to Joppa. Your workers can take them to Jerusalem from there.

2 Chronicles 8:2

After that, Solomon's workers rebuilt the towns that Hiram had given him. Then Solomon sent Israelites to live in those towns.

Amos 1:9

The LORD said: I will punish Phoenicia for countless crimes, and I won't change my mind. They broke their treaty and dragged off my people from town after town to sell them as slaves to the Edomites.

Joshua 20:7

The Israelites decided that the following three towns west of the River Jordan would be Safe Towns: Kedesh in Galilee in Naphtali's hill country, Shechem in Ephraim's hill country, and Kiriath-Arba in Judah's hill country. Kiriath-Arba is now called Hebron.