Verse Lens · Concise explanation
1 Kings 9:12 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 12. 12And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.
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Quick Meaning
This verse advances the thought unit through its next reported action, speech, or consequence: “And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Hiram rejects the Galilean cities.”
Twenty years, twenty cities, and Hiram is not pleased
This verse is one part of that explanation in 1 Kings 9:10–14. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- 1 Kings 9:10–14
Read 1 Kings 9:12 with 9:10–14. The selected wording supplies one step in the thought unit through its next reported action, speech, or consequence; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Returns to the completion of Solomon's two major building complexes after twenty years; adds Hiram's large gold payment to the unequal exchange account.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “Hiram rejects the Galilean cities,” 1 Kings 9:12 advances the thought unit through its next reported action, speech, or consequence through the wording “And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased….” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: The Hiram exchange returns from covenant promise and temple completion to the material settlement with the foreign partner whose timber and gold supported Solomon's projects.
Read 1 Kings 9:10–14 together
Why these verses belong together: Hiram rejects the Galilean cities is the complete reviewed scene, prayer, oracle, list, or regnal notice bounded at 9:10–9:14.
Verse 10. 10 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king’s house,
Verse 11. 11 (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
Verse 12. 12 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.
Verse 13. 13 And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.
Verse 14. 14 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
What Remains True
Public achievement remains answerable to the workers, resources, consent, and unequal burdens that make it possible. This unit tests that truth through returns to the completion of Solomon's two major building complexes after twenty years; adds Hiram's large gold payment to the unequal exchange account. In 1 Kings 9:12, the concrete line “And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased…” keeps that truth accountable to the narrated evidence.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read 1 Kings 9:10–14 — Hiram rejects the Galilean citiesSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: 1 Kings 9:10–14, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Kings
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording and morphology used for lexical, grammatical, name, clause, and older-English checks; this is not a critical apparatus or historical proof.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Kgs.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 9:10–14
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: 1 Kings with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Only printed unit-level translation, lexical, grammatical, textual, historical, and verse-numbering notes; silence is not evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible 1 Kings PDF, printed pp. 602–604, translation and translator notes for 9:10–14
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