And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.
The book of Kings recounts the history of Israel's kings through the Babylonian captivity. The division between 1 and 2 Kings is not a significant break in that history. The verse belongs to the account of Solomon's reign, which was the period of the undivided kingdom.
The verse records that Solomon gave cities in Galilee to Hiram, king of Tyre. When Hiram came out to see them, they did not please him. Those cities lay in a region where a tenacious remnant of the ancient inhabitants remained. Their hold on the land was such that neither Solomon nor Hiram was able to overcome it.
The book of Kings recounts the history of Israel's kings through the Babylonian captivity. The division between 1 and 2 Kings is not a significant break in that history. The verse belongs to the account of Solomon's reign, which was the period of the undivided kingdom.
The verse records that Solomon gave cities in Galilee to Hiram, king of Tyre. When Hiram came out to see them, they did not please him. Those cities lay in a region where a tenacious remnant of the ancient inhabitants remained. Their hold on the land was such that neither Solomon nor Hiram was able to overcome it.