1 Chronicles 1:23
and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these [are] sons of Joktan.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
In Context
22and Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
Cross References
Genesis 2:11the name of the one [is] Pison, it [is] that which is surrounding the whole land of the Havilah where the gold [is],
Genesis 25:18and they tabernacle from Havilah unto Shur, which [is] before Egypt, in [thy] going towards Asshur; in the presence of all his brethren hath he fallen.
1 Kings 9:28and they come in to Ophir and take thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and bring [it] in unto king Solomon.
1 Chronicles 29:4three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses,
Psalms 45:9Daughters of kings [are] among thy precious ones, A queen hath stood at thy right hand, In pure gold of Ophir.
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 →