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 13:14

13:14 and took off after the prophet, ⁴  whom he found sitting under an oak tree. He asked him, “Are you the prophet ⁵  from Judah?” He answered, “Yes, I am.”

1 Raja-raja 21:1

Ahab Murders Naboth

21:1 After this the following episode took place. ⁶  Naboth the Jezreelite owned a vineyard in Jezreel adjacent to the palace of King Ahab of Samaria. ⁷ 

1 Raja-raja 21:27

21:27 When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He slept in sackcloth and walked around dejected.

[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.”

[13:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “the man of God.”

[13:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “the man of God.”

[21:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “after these things.” The words “the following episode took place” are added for stylistic reasons.

[21:1]  ⁷ sn King Ahab of Samaria. Samaria, as the capital of the northern kingdom, here stands for the nation of Israel.

[21:1]  map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.