11. Hiram supplied Solomon with all the cedar, pine and gold that he wanted, so Solomon gave him 20 cities in Galilee.
12. So Hiram traveled from Tyre to see the cities that Solomon had given him. But Hiram was not pleased when he saw them.
13. King Hiram said, “What are these towns that you have given me, my brother?” King Hiram named that land the Land of Cabul. And that area is still called Cabul today.
14. Hiram had sent King Solomon about 9000 pounds of gold to use in building the Temple.
15. King Solomon forced slaves to work for him to build the Temple and his palace. Then he used these slaves to build many other things. He built the Millo and the city wall around Jerusalem. Then he rebuilt the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
16. In the past the king of Egypt had fought against the city of Gezer and burned it. He killed the Canaanites who lived there. When Solomon married Pharaoh’s daughter, Pharaoh gave him that city as a wedding present.