1 Chronicles 1:23
And Ophir, and Hevila, and Jobab. All these are the sons of Jectan.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
In Context
22And Hebal, and Abimael, and Saba,
Cross References
Genesis 2:11The name of the one is Phison: that is it which compasseth all the land of Hevilath, where gold groweth.
Genesis 25:18And he dwelt from Hevila as far as Sur, which looketh towards Egypt, to them that go towards the Assyrians. He died in the presence of all his brethren.
1 Kings 9:28And they came to Ophir, and they brought from thence to king Solomon four hundred and twenty talents of gold.
1 Chronicles 29:4Three thousand talents of gold of the gold of Ophir: and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the temple.
Psalms 45:9Myrrh and stacte and cassia perfume thy garments, from the ivory houses: out of which
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 →