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1 Kings 9:12

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10 Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon built these two houses, the house of the LORD and the royal palace,

11 King Solomon gave twenty towns in the land of Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre, who had supplied him with cedar and cypress logs and gold for his every desire.

So Hiram went out from Tyre to inspect the towns that Solomon had given him, but he was not pleased with them.

13 “What are these towns you have given me, my brother?” asked Hiram, and he called them the Land of Cabul, as they are called to this day.

14 And Hiram had sent the king 120 talents of gold.

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BSB
So Hiram went out from Tyre to inspect the towns that Solomon had given him, but he was not pleased with them.
KJV
And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.
WEB
Hiram came out of Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they didn’t please him.
ASV
And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.
DARBY
And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities that Solomon had given him; and they did not please him.
BLB
And Hiram went from Tyre to see the cities that Solomon had given him, and they were not right in his eyes.
ÅB
Men da Hiram kom fra Tyrus for å se på de byer Salomo hadde gitt ham, syntes han ikke om dem.
OTB
Så Hiram kom fra Tyros for å se byene som Salomo hadde gitt ham, men de behaget ham ikke.
B1930
Men da Hiram kom fra Tyrus for å se på de byer Salomo hadde gitt ham, syntes han ikke om dem.

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  • Numbers 22:34

    “I have sinned,” Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “for I did not realize that you were standing in the road to confront me. And now, if this is displeasing in your sight, I will go back home.”

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  • Judges 14:3

    But his father and mother replied, “Can’t you find a young woman among your relatives or among any of our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson told his father, “Get her for me, for she is pleasing to my eyes.”

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