1 Kings 9:28
and they went to Ophir, and fetched thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
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Genesis 10:29and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were sons of Joktan.
1 Kings 10:14And the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,
1 Chronicles 1:23and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were sons of Joktan.
2 Chronicles 8:18And Huram sent him by his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
Job 22:24And put the precious ore with the dust, and [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the torrents,
Psalms 45:9Kings' daughters are among thine honourable women; upon thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
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 →