1 Kings 9:28
And they came to Sophira, and took thence one hundred and twenty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
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Genesis 10:29and Uphir, and Evila, and Jobab, all these were the sons of Jektan.
1 Kings 10:14And the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold.
2 Chronicles 8:18And Chiram sent by the hand of his servants ships, and servants skilled in naval affairs; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Sophira, and brought thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and they came to king Solomon.
Job 22:24You shall lay up for yourself treasure in a heap on the rock; and Sophir shall be as the rock of the torrent.
Psalms 45:9Putting an end to wars as for the ends of the earth; he will crush the bow, and break in pieces the weapon, and burn the bucklers with fire. 1
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 →