2 Chronicles 8:18
And 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.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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In Context
17Then, went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and unto Eloth on the seashore in the land of Edom.
Cross References
1 Kings 10:22For, a fleet of Tarshish, had the king, at sea, with the fleet of Hiram,—once in three years, came in the fleet of Tarshish, bringing gold and silver, ivory and apes, and peacocks.
2 Chronicles 9:13Now, the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year, was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold;
Ecclesiastes 2:8I heaped me up, both silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings, and provinces,—I provided me singing-men and singing-women, and the delights of the sons of men, a wife and wives.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 8:13-18
Solomon's Devotion. ( b. c. 992.) 12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the Lord on the altar of the Lord , which he had built before the porch, 13 Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. 14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the… Read the whole commentary →