1 Kings 9:12

12 Hiram came out from Tzor to see the cities which Shlomo had given him; and they didn't please him.

1 Kings 9:12 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 9:12

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.

1 Kings 9:12 In-Context

10 It happened at the end of twenty years, in which Shlomo had built the two houses, the house of the LORD and the king's house

11 (now Hiram the king of Tzor had furnished Shlomo with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire), that then king Shlomo gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of the Galil.

12 Hiram came out from Tzor to see the cities which Shlomo had given him; and they didn't please him.

13 He said, What cities are these which you have given me, my brother? He called them the land of Kavul to this day.

14 Hiram sent to the king one hundred twenty talents of gold.