1 Kings 9:27
in 1 Kings 9And Hiram sent his servants, men who knew the sea, to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s servants.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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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This verse in 1 Kings 9
Commentary
7 notes on this verseAnd 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.
This site's exposition
on the shore of the Red sea
on 1 Kings 9:26-28
A port beside Eloth on the Red sea gives Solomon a southern outlet his father's conquest of Edom had opened to Judah's crown, and Hiram supplies shipmen with knowledge of the sea that Israel's own inland tribes did not have. Four hundred and twenty talents of gold return from Ophir in one voyage, a location the commentators place variously in Arabia or India, its exact site unresolved since antiquity. The chapter that opened with the Lord's warning about turning aside closes with the wealth that chapter 10 will show becoming its own kind of test.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
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.
4 And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: 5 Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.
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Thus one nation needs another, Providence so ordering it that there may be mutual commerce and assistance; for not only as Christians, but as men, we are members one of another.
It is so in many other instances, in which we may observe the wisdom of him whose all souls are and all lands. 15 And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the L ORD , and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
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.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח | vaiyishlach | and he sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| חִירָ֤ם | chiram | Hiram | H2438 → | 22 times |
| בָּֽאֳנִי֙ | booni | in the ship[s] | H590 → | 7 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֲבָדָ֔יו | ʾavadav | servants his | H5650 → | 799 times |
| אַנְשֵׁ֣י | ʾanshei | men of | H582 → | 566 times |
| אֳנִיּ֔וֹת | ʾoniyot | ships | H591 → | 31 times |
| יֹדְעֵ֖י | yodeei | [who] knew | H3045 → | 945 times |
| הַיָּ֑ם | haiyam | <of> the sea | H3220 → | 396 times |
| עִ֖ם | ʾim | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| עַבְדֵ֥י | ʾavdei | [the] servants of | H5650 → | 799 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃ | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
וַיִּשְׁלַ֨חand he sent
vaiyishlachH7971 →845 times
חִירָ֤םHiram
chiramH2438 →22 times
בָּֽאֳנִי֙in the ship[s]
booniH590 →7 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
עֲבָדָ֔יוservants his
ʾavadavH5650 →799 times
אַנְשֵׁ֣יmen of
ʾansheiH582 →566 times
אֳנִיּ֔וֹתships
ʾoniyotH591 →31 times
יֹדְעֵ֖י[who] knew
yodeeiH3045 →945 times
הַיָּ֑ם<of> the sea
haiyamH3220 →396 times
עִ֖םwith
ʾimH5973 →1050 times
עַבְדֵ֥י[the] servants of
ʾavdeiH5650 →799 times
שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃Solomon
shelomohH8010 →291 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 5:9My 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…
it 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 separate 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.”
- Ezra 3:7
Through
1 Kings 5:6Now 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…
it 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 separate 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.
- 2 Chronicles 2:8
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.
it 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.
- 1 Kings 9:27–28
About 1 Kings
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.