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According to the Bible, Solomon rewarded Hiram I for certain services by giving him the gift of an upland plain among the mountains of Naphtali.
Hiram called it " the land of Cabul ".
The region takes its name from the Hebrew galil, " district ", " circle ", a noun which, in the construct state, requires a genitival noun.
Hence the Biblical " Galilee of the Nations ", Hebrew " galil goyim "( Isaiah 9: 1 ).
The " nations " would have been the foreigners
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