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He said, “What cities are these which you have given me, my brother?” He called them the land of Cabul to this day.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 13. Brother. By this title the eastern kings addressed each other. Calmet. 20:32. 1 Maccabees 10:18 and 11:30. Solomon and Hiram always lived on good terms. Calmet.—Chabul: that is, dirty or displeasing. Challoner.—The latter signification is given by Josephus, from the Phœnician language. Bible.—The real meaning is uncertain. Some with the last mentioned author, place these cities in the vicinity of Tyre, south of Ptolemais, which is most probable; though S. Jerom says they were in the land of Basan, beyond the Jordan. Calmet.
“Cabul” sounds like Hebrew for “good-for-nothing”.
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