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1 Kings 9:13-15
New International Version - UK
1 Kings 9:13-15
New International Version - UK
13 ‘What kind of towns are these you have given me, my brother?’ he asked. And he called them the Land of Kabul,[a] a name they have to this day. 14 Now Hiram had sent to the king 120 talents[b] of gold.
15 Here is the account of the forced labour King Solomon conscripted to build the Lord’s temple, his own palace, the terraces,[c] the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, Megiddo and Gezer.
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- 1 Kings 9:13 Kabul sounds like the Hebrew for good-for-nothing.
- 1 Kings 9:14 That is, about 4 metric tons
- 1 Kings 9:15 Or the Millo; also in verse 24
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