I Kings 9:10

1 Kings 9:10 says, And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord, and the king's house,  It took twenty years to complete the building of the Temple and Solomon's palaces, so evidently Israel was basically at peace during this time.  Even if we as Christians were to be at peace in the world today, I don't think we should spend so much time on building material things that are not going to last anyway.  I believe that our time would be better spent witnessing and helping others.  Verse eleven adds, (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.  Since Hiram the king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with the cedars and gold, Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.  Matthew Henry says these were small cities not in the land of Israel but bordering it and taken over by Solomon most likely.  Matthew Henry also says that Solomon did this above the supplying of Hiram with food which had been their agreement.  We should always try to be fair in our treatment of others, even giving more than is required at times, but we cannot give away what God has set aside for Himself, as He had the land of Israel.  In other words, we cannot help others simply by giving them God's tithes, which should go to the local church to be used collectively.  Verse twelve continues, And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.  When Hiram came to see the cities, which were an added gift from Solomon, he was not pleased with them.  If we are given something more than what we have been promised in our dealings with others, we should be pleased that we have been given more than required, and the same should be true of those that we may have given more to. Still, sometimes even if we are giving more than promised, some people are not going to be satisfied.  Matthew Henry says the question is whether Solomon gave Hiram something that he knew was of little value, or whether Hiram was just super critical.  If we do make a gift of something to others, we need to make sure that it is of value and not something that we just want to get rid of and if we are given a gift, we should not be super critical about it.  Verse thirteen states, And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.  Hiram asked Solomon what these cities were that Solomon had given him and called them Cabul, which Matthew Henry says is a Phoenician word meaning displeasing.  At least Hiram went to Solomon to tell him of his displeasure, and we aren't told that he became angry at Solomon.  If we are given something that we don't like, we should tell the person who gave it to us how we feel and not allow it to become a reason to be angry with them.  These cities were still a gift from Solomon and not the payment of a debt. Verse fourteen adds, And Hiram sent to the king six score talents of gold.  Hiram sent Solomon one hundred and twenty talents of gold.  I assume this was in addition to what he had already sent, which would imply that he wasn't angry with Solomon.  Even if we are not satisfied with what someone gives us, we shouldn't allow that to make us angry with them.