The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 9:14
And Hiram sent וַיִּשְלַח must be understood as pluperfect, " Now Hiram had sent, " referring to 1 Kings 9:11 . This fact is mentioned to explain the gift of the cities, viz; that they were in payment for the gold he had furnished. The timber and stone and labour had been paid for in corn and wine and oil See on 1 Kings 5:11 ] to the king sixscore talents of gold . [This sum is variously estimated at from half a million to a million and a quarter of our money.. Keil, who, as... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 9:13
And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? [Cf. 1 Kings 20:32 . It would seem, at first sight, as if this form of speech was then, as now, the usage of courts. But the Fellahin of Palestine, the "modern Canaanites," still address each other as "my father" or "my brother." See Conder, "Tent-work," p. 332]. And he called them the land of Cabul [The meaning of this word is quite uncertain. The LXX . reads οριον , which shows that they must have read ... read more