Dictionary Summary: 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](/1kgs#1Kgs.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](/2chr#2Chr.8.2)). ²