A city Cabul 9 mi. southeast of Acre is mentioned in Joshua 19:27, in the territory of Asher. But the territory of Cabul was in Galilee in the territory of Naphtali. Hiram, by a play on words, signified his discontent with Solomon’s gift. The exact derivation and meaning of the word “Cabul” is not known. Josephus states that the interpretation of the word according to the Phoenician language is, “what does not please” (Antiquites viii. 5. 3). The word may be based on the Aramaic root kbl, “be barren.” A rabinic tradition endeavors to explain the name as from a root meaning “fettered” or “chained.”