1 Raja-raja 9:13

9:13 Hiram asked, ¹  “Why did you give me these cities, my friend ² ?” He called that area the region of Cabul, a name which it has retained to this day. ³ 

1 Raja-raja 11:9

11:9 The Lord was angry with Solomon because he had shifted his allegiance ⁴  away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him on two occasions ⁵ 

1 Raja-raja 16:13

16:13 This happened because of all the sins which Baasha and his son Elah committed and which they made Israel commit. They angered the Lord God of Israel with their worthless idols. ⁶ 

[9:13]  ¹ tn Heb “and he said.”

[9:13]  ² tn Heb “my brother.” Kings allied through a parity treaty would sometimes address each other as “my brother.” See 1 Kgs 20:32-33.

[9:13]  ³ tn Heb “he called them the land of Cabul to this day.” The significance of the name is unclear, though it appears to be disparaging. The name may be derived from a root, attested in Akkadian and Arabic, meaning “bound” or “restricted.” Some propose a wordplay, pointing out that the name “Cabul” sounds like a Hebrew phrase meaning, “like not,” or “as good as nothing.”

[11:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “bent his heart.”

[11:9]  ⁵ sn These two occasions are mentioned in 1 Kgs 3:5 and 9:2.

[16:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “angering the Lord God of Israel with their empty things.”