That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
Cities which Huram had restored ... Solomon built them ... These cities lay in the northwest of Galilee, and, though included within the limits of the promised land, had never been conquered. The right of occupying them Solomon granted to Huram, who, after consideration, refused them as unsuitable to the commercial habits of his subjects (see the notes at 1 Kings 9:11). Solomon having wrested them from the possession of the Canaanite inhabitants, repaired them and filled them with a colony of Hebrews.