Editing Cabul (section)

===Bronze and Iron ages===
Cabul is first mentioned as one of the landmarks on the boundary of [[Asher]], in {{bibleverse||Joshua|19:27|NKJV}}. [[Josephus]] refers to it as "the village of Chabolo situated in the confines of Ptolemais",<ref>''[[Life of Flavius Josephus|Vita]]'', § 43</ref> and was the western border of [[Lower Galilee]] before joining the Phoenician coast.<ref>[[Josephus]], ''[[The Jewish War]]'' 3.3.1.</ref> It was assigned to the [[Tribe of Asher]].<ref>{{bibleverse||Joshua|19:27|NKJV}}</ref> The name "Kabul" may have been derived from the [[Aramaic language|Aramaic]] word ''mekubbal'', which means "clad", as in the inhabitants were "clad" in gold and silver.<ref name="Vilnay">Vilnay, Zev. (2003). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=VkA6-0-aDdIC&pg=PA406&dq=Kabul+Palestine&lr=&ei=_NwoSaXDIITkygTrr8igDQ#PPA407,M1 Legends of Palestine]''. Kessinger Publishing, p.406.</ref>

King [[Solomon]] handed over a district in the north-west of [[Galilee]] near [[Tyre (Lebanon)|Tyre]], containing twenty cities, to [[Hiram I]], the king of [[Tyre, Lebanon|Tyre]], in repayment for his help in building [[Solomon's Temple]] in [[Jerusalem]].<ref name =1K9:13>{{bibleverse|1|Kings|9:13|NIV}}</ref> Hiram was not pleased with the gift, however, and called them "the land of Cabul", the name signifying "good for nothing". The writer of [[1 Kings 9]] says they were called by this name "to this day".<ref name =1K9:13 /> Josephus interprets "Cabul" as meaning "what does not please" (in [[Phoenician language|Phoenician]])<ref>''Antiquities'', viii. 5, § 3</ref> but doubt has been cast on this interpretation of the term.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}} The [[Pulpit Commentary]] suggests they were unacceptable because "really they were mere villages".<ref>[http://biblehub.com/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/9.htm Pulpit Commentary on 1 King 9], accessed 8 October 2017</ref>

Archaeological excavations at Khirbet Rosh Zayit, located 2km northeast of modern [[Kabul, Israel]], have revealed an Israelite settlement from the 12th century BCE, and built upon it a Phoenician fortification from the 10th century BCE. The excavator suggests that this is evidence of Solomon's transfer of the area to Tyrian control.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3385415,00.html|title = שני מסלולים ביום: חורבת ראש זית וחורבת מדור|newspaper = Ynet|date = 8 April 2007|last1 = שקולניק|first1 = יעקב}}</ref>