1 Kings 9:28
And they came to Ophir, where they got four hundred and twenty talents of gold, and took it back to King Solomon.
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27Hiram sent his servants, who were experienced seamen, in the sea-force with Solomon's men.
Cross References
Genesis 10:29And Ophir and Havilah and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.
1 Kings 10:14Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents;
1 Chronicles 1:23And Ophir and Havilah and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
2 Chronicles 8:18And Huram sent him, by his servants, ships and experienced seamen, who went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir and came back with four hundred and fifty talents of gold, which they took to King Solomon.
Job 22:24And put your gold in the dust, even your gold of Ophir among the rocks of the valleys;
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 Kings 9:16-28
Solomon's Buildings; Solomon's Greatness. ( b. c. 991.) 15 And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the Lord , and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer. 16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife. 17 And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether, 18 And Baalath, and… Read the whole commentary →