11. For which Hiram king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with as much cedar and cypress timber and gold as he desired, King Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
12. And Hiram came from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, and they did not please him.
13. He said, What are these cities worth which you have given me, my brother? So they are called the Cabul [unproductive] Land to this day.
14. And Hiram sent to the king 120 talents of gold.
15. This is the account of the levy [of forced labor] which King Solomon raised to build the house of the Lord, his own house, the Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
16. For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and taken Gezer, burned it with fire, slew the Canaanites who dwelt in the city, and had given it as dowry to his daughter, Solomon's wife.
17. So Solomon rebuilt Gezer and Lower Beth-horon,
18. Baalath and Tamar (Tadmor) in the wilderness, in the land of Judah,