King Solomon gave twenty
towns in Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre, because Hiram had supplied him
with all the cedar and juniper and gold he wanted. (1 Kings 9:11)
The king goes to great expense in order to build the temple and the royal palace. He is so indebted to Hiram of Tyre that Solomon cedes territory to him. I suppose this territory traditionally belongs to one or more of the ancestral tribes of Israel. What of the tribal rights of ownership? How are they compensated? What happens when, in the Year of Jubilee, all debts are erased, and ownership of land reverts to the descendants of the various tribes?
I have more questions than answers.
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