King James Version
1 Kings 9:12 in the King James Version says “And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not. pleased: Heb. were...” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not. pleased: Heb. were not right in his eyes”
1 Kings 9:12 · KJV
And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house,
( 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.
And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not. pleased: Heb. were not right in his eyes
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. Cabul: that is, displeasing, or, dirty
And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“came out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“to see”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the cities”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“him and they pleased”
H3474to be straight or even; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
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