1 Kings 9:28
And when they had gone to Ophir, taking from there four hundred twenty talents of gold, they brought it to king Solomon.
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Genesis 10:29and Ophir, and Havilah and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
1 Kings 10:14Now the weight of the gold that was brought to Solomon each year was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold,
1 Chronicles 1:23also Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these are the sons of Joktan.
2 Chronicles 8:18And Hiram sent to him ships, by the hands of his servants, sailors and skillful navigators of the sea, and they went away with the servants of Solomon to Ophir. And they took from there four hundred fifty talents of gold, and they brought it to king Solomon.
Job 22:24He will give you stone in place of dirt, and torrents of gold in place of stone.
Psalms 45:9Draw near and behold the works of the Lord: what portents he has set upon the earth,
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 →