1Ki 9:13 | TSK | e4.org | my brother ; Cabul that is, Displeasing, or dirty. Josephus says that Cabul , in the Phoenician language, signifies ουκ αρεσκον , displeasing; and that these cities were situated in the neighbourhood of Tyre. Most commentators are persuaded that the city Cabul in the tribe of Asher was one; and probably from this Hiram took occasion to give this name to all the other cities which Solomon had ceded to him.

‏ 1 Kings 9:13

Cabul that is, Displeasing, or dirty. Josephus says that Cabul, in the Phoenician language, signifies ουκ αρεσκον, displeasing; and that these cities were situated in the neighbourhood of Tyre. Most commentators are persuaded that the city Cabul in the tribe of Asher was one; and probably from this Hiram took occasion to give this name to all the other cities which Solomon had ceded to him. Josh 19:27