12But when Hiram went from Tyre to see the towns that Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them.


In Context

9 People will answer, 'Because they have forsaken the Lord their God, who brought their fathers out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them-that is why the Lord brought all this disaster on them.' "

10 At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built these two buildings-the temple of the Lord and the royal palace-

11 King Solomon gave twenty towns in Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre, because Hiram had supplied him with all the cedar and pine and gold he wanted.

12 But when Hiram went from Tyre to see the towns that Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them.

13 "What kind of towns are these you have given me, my brother?" he asked. And he called them the Land of Cabul, a name they have to this day.

14 Now Hiram had sent to the king 120 talents of gold.

1st Kings 9:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:12And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:12And Hiram came out of Tyre, to see the towns which Solomon had given him, and they pleased him not,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:12And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:12And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities that Solomon had given him; and they did not please him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:12And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:12And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:12Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they didn't please him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:12And Hiram cometh out from Tyre to see the cities that Solomon hath given to him, and they have not been right in his eyes,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:12And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.