1 Chronicles 1:23
Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were descendants of Joktan.
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And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
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Cross References
Genesis 2:11The name of the first is Pishon. It is the one which flows throughout the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
Genesis 25:18They lived from Havilah to Ashhur, which is near Egypt, as one goes toward Assyria. They lived in hostility with each other.
1 Kings 9:28They went to Ophir with servants of Solomon. From there they brought back 420 talents of gold for King Solomon.
1 Chronicles 29:4three thousand talents of gold from Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, in order to overlay the walls of the buildings.
Psalms 45:9Kings' daughters are among your honorable women; 1 at your right hand stands the queen clothed in gold of Ophir. 1
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 →