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13 He said, “What kind of towns are these towns which you have given me, my brother?” He called them the Land of Kabul,[a] a name they have to this day. 14 Hiram had sent the king one hundred twenty talents[b] of gold.

15 This is the account of the forced labor, which King Solomon raised to build the house for the Lord, his own house, the Millo,[c] and the walls of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 9:13 Kabul means worthless or good-for-nothing.
  2. 1 Kings 9:14 About nine thousand pounds
  3. 1 Kings 9:15 The word Millo appears to be derived from the Hebrew word for fill. Millo probably refers to the stone rampart that supported the palace area.