9:13a “What are these towns you have given me, my brother?” asked Hiram,

“What ⌊poor/shabby/worthless⌋ towns you have given me, my brother!” he said.
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and he said ⌊to King Solomon,⌋ “My friend, these towns that you have given me are not very ⌊good/nice/valuable⌋.”

9:13b and he called them the Land of Cabul, as they are called to this day.

And he called these towns the Land of Kabul, ⌊worthless⌋, a name they have even today.
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And ⌊King Hiram⌋ named the area/region “Land of Kabul,” ⌊that is, Worthless Land,⌋ ⌊because he thought the towns were worthless⌋. Until today this is the name of that place.

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