9. Other people will answer, ‘This happened because they left the Lord their God. He brought their ancestors out of Egypt. But they decided to follow other gods. They worshiped and served those gods. That is why the Lord brought all this disaster to them.’”
10. By the end of 20 years, King Solomon had built the Temple of the Lord. And he had built the royal palace.
11. At that time King Solomon gave 20 towns in Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre. Solomon did this because Hiram had helped with the buildings. Hiram had given him all the cedar, pine and gold he wanted.
12. So Hiram traveled from Tyre to see the towns Solomon had given him. When Hiram saw them, he was not pleased.
13. He asked, “What are these towns you have given me, my brother?” So he named that land the Land of Cabul. And it is still called that today.
14. Hiram had sent to King Solomon about 9,000 pounds of gold.
15. King Solomon had forced slaves to build the Temple and the palace. Then he had them fill in the land on the east side of the city. And he had them build the wall around Jerusalem. He also had them rebuild the cities of Hazor, Megiddo and Gezer.