Cabul is said to be a Phoenician word, and signified “displeasing” (see margin). There is some reason to believe that the cities thus despised by Hiram were restored to Solomon 2 Chronicles 8:2, and that Solomon rebuilt them and colonized them with Israelites.
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1 Kings 9:13
13 And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabulb unto this day.