12. When Hiram went to see the towns, he did not like them.
13. He said, “Solomon, my friend, are these the kind of towns you want to give me?” So Hiram called the region Cabul because he thought it was worthless.
14. He sent Solomon only five thousand kilogrammes of gold in return.
15. After Solomon's workers had finished the temple and the palace, he ordered them to fill in the land on the east side of Jerusalem, to build a wall around the city, and to rebuild the towns of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
16. Earlier, the king of Egypt had captured the town of Gezer; he burnt it to the ground and killed the Canaanite people living there. Then he gave it to his daughter as a wedding present when she married Solomon.
17. So Solomon had the town rebuilt.Solomon made his workers rebuild Lower Beth-Horon,