1 Kings 9:28
and they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence, gold, four hundred and twenty talents,—and brought it to King Solomon.
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Genesis 10:29and Ophir and Havilah, and Jobab—all these were sons of Joktan.
1 Kings 10:14And it came to pass that, the weight of the gold which came in unto Solomon in one year, was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold;
1 Chronicles 1:23and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these, were the sons of Joktan.
2 Chronicles 8:18And Huram sent him—by the hand of his servants—ships, and servants skilled in the sea, and they came, with the servants of Solomon, towards Ophir, and took from thence, four hundred and fifty talents of gold,—and brought unto King Solomon.
Job 22:24Then lay up, in the dust, precious ore, and, among the stones of the torrent-beds, fine gold:
Psalms 45:9Daughters of kings, are among thine honourable women, Stationed is the bride at thy right hand, 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 →