2 Chronicles 9:10 BSB

2 Chronicles 9:10

(The servants of Hiram and of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, that brought gold from Ophir, brought algum-trees and precious stones.

KJV

And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.

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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

So that, all things considered, the promise was fulfilled, that God would give him riches, and wealth, and honour, such as no kings have had, or shall have, ch. i.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְגַם־	ve.gam-	and also	H1571 →
עַבְדֵ֤י	'av.Dei	[the] servants of	H5650 →
חוּרָם֙	chi.ram	Huram	H2361 →
וְעַבְדֵ֣י	ve.'av.Dei	and [the] servants of	H5650 →
שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה	she.lo.Moh	Solomon	H8010 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	who	H834 →
הֵבִ֥יאוּ	he.Vi.'u	they brought	H935 →
זָהָ֖ב	za.Hav	gold	H2091 →
מֵאוֹפִ֑יר	me.'o.Fir	from Ophir	H211 →
הֵבִ֛יאוּ	he.Vi.'u	they brought	H935 →
עֲצֵ֥י	'a.Tzei	wood<s> of	H6086 →
אַלְגּוּמִּ֖ים	'al.gu.Mim	algum<s>	H418 →
וְאֶ֥בֶן	ve.'E.ven	and stone[s]	H68 →
יְקָרָֽה׃	ye.ka.Rah	precious	H3368 →

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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 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
1 Kings 10:22
For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
leads to
- 1 Kings 22:48
  Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
- 2 Chronicles 20:36–37
  They agreed to make ships to go to Tarshish, and these were built in Ezion-geber.
- Genesis 10:4
  And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.
- Psalms 48:7
  With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.
- Psalms 72:10
  May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.
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 9:13
  The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,
- Ecclesiastes 2:8
  and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.