Bible Verses About Treaty: Cession of territory by

And when twenty years were ended, after Solomon had built the two houses; that is, the house of the Lord, and the house of the king,

(Hiram, the king of Tyre, furnishing Solomon with cedar trees, and fir trees, and gold, according to all he had need of) then Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

And Hiram came out of Tyre, to see the towns which Solomon had given him, and they pleased him not;

And he said: Are these the cities which thou hast given me, brother? And he called them the land of Chabul, unto this day.

And Hiram sent to king Solomon a hundred and twenty talents of gold.

And he said to him: The cities which my father took from thy father, I will restore: and do thou make thee streets in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria and having made a league, I will depart from thee. So he made a league with him, and let him go.