1 Kings 9:27

And Hiram sent in the ship together with the servants of Solomon servants of his own, mariners to row, men acquainted with the sea.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

In Context

26even that for which King Solomon built a ship in Ezion-geber near Eloth on the shore of the extremity of the sea in the land of Edom.

28And they came to Ophir, and took thence a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and brought them to King Solomon.

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Cross References

1 Kings 5:9And the Lord gave understanding to Solomon, and very much wisdom, and enlargement of heart, as the sand on the seashore.

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 →

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