1 Chronicles 1:23
and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
In Context
22and Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba;
Cross References
Genesis 2:11The name of the first is Pishon; that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
Genesis 25:18And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Asshur: over against all his brethren he did settle.
1 Kings 9:28And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
1 Chronicles 29:4even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, wherewith to overlay the walls of the houses;
Psalms 45:9(45-10) Kings' daughters are among thy favourites; at thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
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 →