1 Kings 9:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.”

1 Kings 9:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

1 Kings 9:12 in 6 Bible Translations

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1 Kings 9:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Hiram came out of Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they didn’t please him.”

1 Kings 9:12 — World English Bible

1 Kings 9:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.”

1 Kings 9:12 — American Standard Version

1 Kings 9:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And Hiram cometh out from Tyre to see the cities that Solomon hath given to him, and they have not been right in his eyes,”

1 Kings 9:12 — Young's Literal Translation

1 Kings 9:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities that Solomon had given him; and they did not please him.”

1 Kings 9:12 — Darby Translation

1 Kings 9:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And Hiram came out from Tyrus to see the cities which Salomon had giuen him, and they pleased him not.”

1 Kings 9:12 — Geneva Bible

1 Kings 9:12 in Context — 1 Kings 9

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,

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.

12 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.

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.

14 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.

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What Does 1 Kings 9:12 Mean?

1 Kings 9:12 is a verse from the Book of 1 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Kings chapter 9. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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