1 Kings 9:28
They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents —and delivered it to Solomon.
Berean Standard Bible
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In Context
27And Hiram sent his servants, men who knew the sea, to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s servants.
Cross References
Genesis 10:29Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
1 Kings 10:14The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,
1 Chronicles 1:23Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
2 Chronicles 8:18So Hiram sent him ships captained by his servants, along with crews of experienced sailors. They went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir and acquired from there 450 talents of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.
Job 22:24and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,
Psalms 45:9The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the 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 →