1 Kings 9:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

What cities. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.

Cabul. The point of the sarcasm is not apparent to us on account of our not knowing the meaning of the word. It has been variously suggested as meaning "worthless", "not to my taste" (Josephus). Galilee always despised. Septuagint says "frontier"; others, "received as. pledge"; others, "good for nothing".

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.