1 Kings 9:28
They came to Ophir, and fetched from there gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to King Solomon.
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Genesis 10:29Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
1 Kings 10:14Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold,
1 Chronicles 1:23Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
2 Chronicles 8:18Huram sent him ships and servants who had knowledge of the sea by the hands of his servants; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and brought from there four hundred fifty talents of gold, and brought them to King Solomon.
Job 22:24Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
Psalms 45:9Kings’ daughters are among your honorable women. At your right hand the queen stands in 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 →