Is The Kabul That Hiram Hated In Israel?

Or is it Kabul, Afghanistan? "And he said , What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he calledthem the land of Cabul unto this day."

First, let's look at "Cabul" in Strong's Concordance:

The KJV Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon

Strong's Number:   03521    Original Word Word Origin lwbk from the same as (03525) in the sense of limitation Transliterated Word TDNT Entry Kabuwl None Phonetic Spelling Parts of Speech kaw-bool'     Proper Name Location  Definition Cabul = "binding" a city on the border of Asher and located approx 10 miles (16 km) east of Akko; modern 'Kabul' a district in Galilee given by Solomon to Hiram and contemptuously called 'Cabul' by Hiram  King James Word Usage - Total: 2 Cabul 2

Then let's look at how far Ha'Eretz Yisra'el is supposed to expand. For example:

• Exodus 23:31 KJVAnd I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
  And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.
  Deuteronomy 1:7 KJVTurn you, and take your journey , and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.
  Deuteronomy 11:24 KJVEvery place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.
  Joshua 1:4 KJVFrom the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.

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A to J: Kabul, Afghanistan; Euphrates, Iraq; Euphrates, Syria; Kabul, Israel; Akko, Israel; Nile, Egypt; Edom (Petra), Jordan; Edom (Petra); Jordan; Atzmon, Israel; Mediterranean Sea.


In conclusion, the Kabul that Hiram hated is in Israel... and I was wrong about the Kabul that Hiram hated being in Afghanistan.