1 Kings 9:12
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And Hiram came out of Tyre, to see the towns which Solomon had given him, and they pleased him not;

Numbers 22:34 Balaam said: I have sinned, not knowing that thou didst stand against me: and now if it displease thee that I go, I will return.

Judges 14:3 And his father and mother said to him: Is there no woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou wilt take a wife of the Philistines, who are uncircumcised? And Samson said to his father: Take this woman for me; for she hath pleased my eyes.

Context
Solomon's Numerous Achievements
11(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. 12And Hiram came out of Tyre, to see the towns which Solomon had given him, and they pleased him not;13And he said: Are these the cities which thou hast given me, brother? And he called them the land of Chabul, unto this day.…
Cross References
1 Kings 9:11
(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.

1 Kings 9:13
And he said: Are these the cities which thou hast given me, brother? And he called them the land of Chabul, unto this day.

Lexicon
So Hiram
חִירָם֙ (ḥî·rām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2438: Hiram -- a Benjamite, also two Arameans (Syrians)

went out
וַיֵּצֵ֤א (way·yê·ṣê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

from Tyre
מִצֹּ֔ר (miṣ·ṣōr)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6865: Tyre -- a Phoenician city

to look over
לִרְאוֹת֙ (lir·’ō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

the towns
הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים (he·‘ā·rîm)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement

that
אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

Solomon
שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה (šə·lō·mōh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8010: Solomon -- David's son and successor to his throne

had given
נָתַן־ (nā·ṯan-)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

him,
ל֖וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

but he was not
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

pleased with
יָשְׁר֖וּ (yā·šə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3474: To be straight, even, to be, right, pleasant, prosperous

them.
בְּעֵינָֽיו׃ (bə·‘ê·nāw)
Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain


Additional Translations
So Hiram went out from Tyre to look over the towns that Solomon had given him, but he was not pleased with them.And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.

And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.

So Chiram departed from Tyre, and went into Galilee to see the cities which Solomon gave to him; and they pleased him not. And he said,

And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities that Solomon had given him; and they did not please him.

And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.

And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.

Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they didn't please him.

And Hiram cometh out from Tyre to see the cities that Solomon hath given to him, and they have not been right in his eyes,
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