1 Kings 9:28
and they come in to Ophir and take thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and bring [it] in unto king Solomon.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
27And Hiram sendeth in the navy his servants, shipmen knowing the sea, with servants of Solomon,
Cross References
Genesis 10:29and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these [are] sons of Joktan;
1 Kings 10:14And the weight of the gold that hath come to Solomon in one year is six hundred sixty and six talents of gold,
1 Chronicles 1:23and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these [are] sons of Joktan.
2 Chronicles 8:18and Huram sendeth to him, by the hand of his servants, ships and servants knowing the sea, and they go with servants of Solomon to Ophir, and take thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and bring in unto king Solomon.
Job 22:24So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering.
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 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 →