Cabul

About Cabul Written by AI

Cabul was a town located on the border of the territory allotted to the tribe of Asher (Joshua 19:27). It is mentioned only once in the Bible, in the description of Asher's boundaries. The town was situated in the western part of Galilee, near the Mediterranean coast. No other details are provided about Cabul's history, size, or significance. Its exact location is uncertain, but it may be associated with the modern village of Kabul, located approximately 9 miles (15 kilometers) southeast of Acre.

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Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897

This entry is on the name Cabul, and may cover more than one person or place by that name.

How little! as nothing. (1.) A town on the eastern border of Asher (Josh. 19:27), probably one of the towns given by Solomon to Hiram; the modern Kabul, some 8 miles east of Accho, on the very borders of Galilee.

(2.) A district in the north-west of Galilee, near to Tyre, containing twenty cities given to Hiram by Solomon as a reward for various services rendered to him in building the temple (1 Kings 9:13), and as payment of the six score talents of gold he had borrowed from him. Hiram gave the cities this name because he was not pleased with the gift, the name signifying “good for nothing.” Hiram seems afterwards to have restored these cities to Solomon (2 Chr. 8:2).

M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.