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Good News Translation

1 Kings 9:12

Hiram went to see them, and he did not like them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Diplomacy;   Elijah;   Galilee;   Hiram;   Solomon;   Treaty;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Egypt;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Hiram;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Cabul;   Galilee;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Alliance;   Israel;   Phoenicia, PhNicians;   Solomon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Galilee ;   Hiram ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Hiram;   Tyre;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ca'bul;   Tyre;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Alliance;   Hiram;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So Hiram went out from Tyre to look over the towns that Solomon had given him, but he was not pleased with them.
Hebrew Names Version
Hiram came out from Tzor to see the cities which Shlomo had given him; and they didn't please him.
King James Version
And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.
English Standard Version
But when Hiram came from Tyre to see the cities that Solomon had given him, they did not please him.
New Century Version
So Hiram traveled from Tyre to see the towns Solomon had given him, but when he saw them, he was not pleased.
New English Translation
When Hiram went out from Tyre to inspect the cities Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them.
Amplified Bible
So Hiram came from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, and they did not please him.
New American Standard Bible
So Hiram left Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, and they did not please him.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Hiram came out from Tyrus to see the cities which Salomon had giuen him, & they pleased him not.
Legacy Standard Bible
So Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, and they were not right in his eyes.
Contemporary English Version
When Hiram went to see the towns, he did not like them.
Complete Jewish Bible
Hiram came over from Tzor to see the cities Shlomo had given him, but he was not satisfied with them.
Darby Translation
And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities that Solomon had given him; and they did not please him.
Easy-to-Read Version
So Hiram traveled from Tyre to see the cities that Solomon had given him. But Hiram was not pleased when he saw them.
George Lamsa Translation
And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they did not please him.
Lexham English Bible
So Hiram went out from Tyre to see the cities that Solomon had given him, but they were not right in his eyes.
Literal Translation
And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities that Solomon had given to him, and they were not right in his eyes.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Hiram departed from Tyre to vyset the cities which Salomon had geuen him, & they pleased him not,
American Standard Version
And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.
Bible in Basic English
But when Hiram came from Tyre to see the towns which Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities whiche Solomon had geuen hym, and they pleased him not.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him: and they pleased him not.
King James Version (1611)
And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had giuen him, and they pleased him not.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
So Chiram departed from Tyre, and went into Galilee to see the cities which Solomon gave to him; and they pleased him not. And he said,
English Revised Version
And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.
Berean Standard Bible
So Hiram went out from Tyre to look over the towns that Solomon had given him, but he was not pleased with them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Hiram yede out of Tyre that he schulde se the citees, whiche Salomon hadde youe to hym, and tho plesiden not hym;
Young's Literal Translation
And Hiram cometh out from Tyre to see the cities that Solomon hath given to him, and they have not been right in his eyes,
Update Bible Version
And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they were not right in his eyes.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.
World English Bible
Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they didn't please him.
New King James Version
Then Hiram went from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, but they did not please him.
New Living Translation
But when Hiram came from Tyre to see the towns Solomon had given him, he was not at all pleased with them.
New Life Bible
But when Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities Solomon had given him, they did not please him.
New Revised Standard
But when Hiram came from Tyre to see the cities that Solomon had given him, they did not please him.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Hiram came out from Tyre to view the cities which, Solomon, had given him, - and they were not pleasing in his eyes.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Hiram came out of Tyre, to see the towns which Solomon had given him, and they pleased him not;
Revised Standard Version
But when Hiram came from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, they did not please him.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, and they did not please him.

Contextual Overview

10 It took Solomon twenty years to build the Temple and his palace. 11 King Hiram of Tyre had provided him with all the cedar and pine and with all the gold he wanted for this work. After it was finished, King Solomon gave Hiram twenty towns in the region of Galilee. 12 Hiram went to see them, and he did not like them. 13 So he said to Solomon, "So these, my brother, are the towns you have given me!" For this reason the area is still called Cabul. 14 Hiram had sent Solomon almost five tons of gold.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they pleased him not: Heb. were not right in his eyes, Numbers 22:34, Judges 14:3, *marg.

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 5:1 - Hiram

Cross-References

Genesis 9:17
That is the sign of the promise which I am making to all living beings."
Genesis 9:23
Then Shem and Japheth took a robe and held it behind them on their shoulders. They walked backward into the tent and covered their father, keeping their faces turned away so as not to see him naked.
Genesis 9:25
he said, "A curse on Canaan! He will be a slave to his brothers.
Genesis 9:26
Give praise to the Lord , the God of Shem! Canaan will be the slave of Shem.
Genesis 9:28
After the flood Noah lived 350 years
Genesis 17:11
From now on you must circumcise every baby boy when he is eight days old, including slaves born in your homes and slaves bought from foreigners. This will show that there is a covenant between you and me.
Exodus 12:13
The blood on the doorposts will be a sign to mark the houses in which you live. When I see the blood, I will pass over you and will not harm you when I punish the Egyptians.
Exodus 13:16
This observance will be a reminder, like something tied on our hands or on our foreheads; it will remind us that the Lord brought us out of Egypt by his great power.'"
Joshua 2:12
Now swear by him that you will treat my family as kindly as I have treated you, and give me some sign that I can trust you.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him,.... For these cities, being in or near Galilee, were not far from Tyre:

and they pleased him not; being either out of repair, as some think; see 2 Chronicles 8:2 or the ground barren, and unfruitful; which is not likely, being in a very fruitful country, as the tribes on which they bordered were: but they were not agreeable to him, they did not suit with the disposition of him and his people, who were given not to husbandry, but to merchandise; and the land about these would require a good deal of pains and labour to till, which they were not used to.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They pleased him not - It is a reasonable conjecture that, when a question arose with respect to a cession of land, Hiram had cast his eyes on the bay or harbour of Acco, or Ptolemais, and was therefore the more disappointed when he received an inland tract of mountain territory.


 
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