Cabul

How Nave’s arranged it

• 1. A city in the north of PalestineJoshua 19:27
• 2. Name given by Hiram to certain cities in Galilee1 Kings 9:13

The passages, in Bible order (2)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 2 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Joshua 19:27

   then turned eastward toward Beth-dagon, touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah-el, and went north to Beth-emek and Neiel, passing Cabul on the left.

   ›Commentary on Joshua 19:272 voices

   “Cabul on the left hand - That is, to the north of Cabul, for so the left hand, when referring to place, is understood among the Hebrews.

   “Cubal - A city so called. Left hand - That is, on the north, which, when men look towards the east, as is usual, is on their left hand.

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2. 1 Kings 9:13

   “What are these towns you have given me, my brother?” asked Hiram, and he called them the Land of Cabul, as they are called to this day.

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 9:132 voices

   “Cabul - That is, of dirt, as most interpret it. Because, though the land was very good, yet being a thick and stiff clay, and therefore requiring great pains to manure it, it was very unsuitable to the disposition of the Tyrians, who were delicate, and lazy, and luxurious, and wholly given to merchandise.

   “Cabul is said to be a Phoenician word, and signified “displeasing” (see margin). There is some reason to believe that the cities thus despised by Hiram were restored to Solomon 2Ch 8:2, and that Solomon rebuilt them and colonized them with Israelites.

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