1 Kings 9:27 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 9:27

And Hiram sent his servants, men who knew the sea, to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s servants.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

KJV

And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And Hiram sent in his navy his servants,.... And, according to 2Ch 8:18, ships also but how he could send them from Tyre, which lay in the Mediterranean sea, to the above ports in the Red sea, without going a great way round, is not easy to conceive. Perhaps, as Gussetins conjectures (c), Hiram had a port in the Red sea for building and sending out ships, for the sake of his eastern navigation, and from thence he sent them to Solomon's ports in the same sea; but if what R.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Knowledge of the sea - For which the Tyrians were famous. He sent also ships to join with Solomon's, not from Tyre, the city of Phoenicia; but from an island in the Red-sea, called Tyre, because it was a colony of the Tyrians, as Strabo notes.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Shipmen - See 1Ki 5:6 note. With respect to the acquaintance of the Phoenicians with this particular sea, it may be observed that they are not unlikely to have had trading settlements there, as they had in the Persian Gulf, even at this early period. The commerce with Ophir was probably an established trade, previously either in their hands or in those of the Egyptians, when Solomon determined to have a share in it. The Egyptians had navigated the other arm of the Red Sea, and perhaps its lower parts, from a much more ancient period.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח	vai.yish.Lach	and he sent	H7971 →
חִירָ֤ם	chi.Ram	Hiram	H2438 →
בָּֽאֳנִי֙	bo.'o.Ni	in the ship[s]	H590 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עֲבָדָ֔יו	'a.va.Dav	servants his	H5650 →
אַנְשֵׁ֣י	'an.Shei	men of	H582 →
אֳנִיּ֔וֹת	'o.ni.Yot	ships	H591 →
יֹדְעֵ֖י	yo.de.'Ei	[who] knew	H3045 →
הַיָּ֑ם	hai.Yam	<of> the sea	H3220 →
עִ֖ם	'im	with	H5973 →
עַבְדֵ֥י	'av.Dei	[the] servants of	H5650 →
שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃	she.lo.Moh	Solomon	H8010 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Kings 5:9
My servants will haul the logs from Lebanon to the Sea, and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate the logs, and you can…
leads to
- Ezra 3:7
  They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as authorized by…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ezekiel 27:17
  Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat from Minnith, cakes and honey, oil and balm for your merchandise.
- Acts 12:20
  Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their…
- 2 Chronicles 2:16
  We will cut logs from Lebanon, as many as you need, and we will float them to you as rafts by sea down to Joppa. Then you can take them up to Jerusalem.”
Through
1 Kings 5:6
Now therefore, order that cedars of Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants whatever wages you set, for you know that there…
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 2:8
  Send me also cedar, cypress, and algum logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants have skill to cut timber there. And indeed, my servants will work with yours
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ephesians 4:7
  Now to each one of us grace has been given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
- Psalms 29:5
  The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD shatters the cedars of Lebanon.
Through
1 Kings 10:11
(The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought from Ophir a great cargo of almug wood and precious stones.
leads to
- 1 Kings 9:27–28
  And Hiram sent his servants, men who knew the sea, to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s servants.

About 1 Kings

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01Commentary

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03The walk

Where the connections lead

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06About 1 Kings

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About 1 Kings