1 Kings 9:28 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 9:28

They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents—and delivered it to Solomon.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.

KJV

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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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And they came to Ophir - No man knows certainly, to this day, where this Ophir was situated. There were two places of this name; one somewhere in India, beyond the Ganges, and another in Arabia, near the country of the Sabaeans, mentioned by Job, Job 22:24: Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust; and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. And Job 28:16: It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. Calmet places this country at the sources of the Euphrates and Tigris.

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

It is agreed, that it was a part of the East-Indies, probably Ceylon, which though very remote from us, yet was far nearer the Red-sea, from whence they might easily sail to it in those ancient times, because they might (according to the manner of those first ages) sail all along near the coast, though the voyage was thereby more tedious, which was the reason why three years were spent in it.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Canaan, the holy land, the glory of all lands, had no gold in it, which teaches us that that part of the wealth of this world which is for hoarding and trading is not the best part of it, but that which is more immediately for the present support and comfort of life, our own and others'; such were the productions of Canaan.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ	vai.ya.Vo.'u	and they went	H935 →
אוֹפִ֔ירָה	'o.Fi.rah	Ophir towards	H211 →
וַיִּקְח֤וּ	vai.yik.Chu	and they took	H3947 →
מִשָּׁם֙	mi.Sham	from there	H8033 →
זָהָ֔ב	za.Hav	gold	H2091 →
אַרְבַּע־	'ar.ba'-	four	H702 →
מֵא֥וֹת	me.'ot	hundred<s>	H3967 →
וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים	ve.'es.Rim	and twenty	H6242 →
כִּכָּ֑ר	ki.Kar	talent[s]	H3603 →
וַיָּבִ֖אוּ	vai.ya.Vi.'u	and they brought [it]	H935 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃ פ	she.lo.Moh	Solomon	H8010 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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 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.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Psalms 45:9
The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.
leads to
- 1 Kings 2:19
  So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. The king stood up to greet her, bowed to her, and sat down on his throne. Then the king had a throne…
- Revelation 21:9
  Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
- Revelation 19:7
  Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.
- Ephesians 5:26–27
  to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
- Revelation 21:2
  I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Through
Job 28:16
It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
leads to
- Psalms 45:9
  The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
2 Chronicles 8:18
So Hiram sent him ships captained by his servants, along with crews of experienced sailors. They went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir and acquired from there 450 talents of gold, which they delivered to…
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 9:10
  (The servants of Hiram and of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.

About 1 Kings

The Judgment of Solomon — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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PersonSolomonDavid's son and the third king of Israel; the temple-builder and wisdom-king, to whom Psalms 72 and 127 are ascribed.

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06About 1 Kings

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

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About 1 Kings