1 Chronicles 1:23
And Ophir and Havilah and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
In Context
22And Ebal and Abimael and Sheba
Cross References
Genesis 2:11The name of the first is Pishon, which goes round about all the land of Havilah where there is gold.
Genesis 25:18And their country was from Havilah to Shur which is east of Egypt: they took their place to the east of all their brothers.
1 Kings 9:28And they came to Ophir, where they got four hundred and twenty talents of gold, and took it back to King Solomon.
1 Chronicles 29:4Even three thousand talents of gold of Ophir and seven thousand talents of the best silver, for plating the walls of the house:
Psalms 45:9\45:8\Your robes are full of the smell of all sorts of perfumes and spices; music from the king's ivory houses has made you glad.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 1:2-28
First Chronicles In common things repetition is thought needless and nauseous; but, in sacred things, precept must be upon precept and line upon line. To me, says the apostle, to write the same things is not grievous, but for you it is safe, Phil. iii. 1 . These books of Chronicles are in a great measure repetition; so are much of the second and third of the four evangelists: and yet there are no tautologies either here or there no vain repetitions. We may be ready to think that of all the books of holy scripture… Read the whole commentary →