1 Kings 9:26

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וָאֳנִ֡י עָשָׂה֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה בְּעֶצְיֽוֹן־גֶּ֨בֶר אֲשֶׁ֧ר אֶת־אֵל֛וֹת עַל־שְׂפַ֥ת יַם־ס֖וּף בְּאֶ֥רֶץ אֱדֽוֹם׃

Transliteration

And-ʾŏnî ʿāśāh the-melek šəlōmōh in-ʿeṣyôn-geber which with-ʾēlôt upon-śəpat yam-sûp in-ʾereṣ ʾĕdôm.

Grammar Details

*ʾŏnî*: noun, feminine singular - fleet/ship
*ʿāśāh*: qal perfect 3ms - he made
*melek*: noun, masculine singular with article - the king
*šəlōmōh*: proper noun - Solomon
*ʿeṣyôn*: proper noun - Ezion
*geber*: proper noun - Geber
*ʾēlôt*: proper noun - Eloth
*śəpat*: noun, feminine singular construct - shore of
*yam*: noun, masculine singular construct - sea of
*sûp*: proper noun - Reed
*ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular construct - land of
*ʾĕdôm*: proper noun - Edom

Word Meanings

*ʾŏnî*: fleet/ship(s)/navy
*ʿāśāh*: made/built/established
*ʿeṣyôn-geber*: Ezion-geber (place name)
*yam-sûp*: Red Sea/Sea of Reeds

ℹ️

About this Translation

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

Word-for-word

5/5

Readability

2/5

💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

👥 Who is this for?

Ideal for

Pastors and teachers
Seminary students
Serious Bible students
Readers conducting word studies
Those referencing Hebrew/Greek tools

Consider alternatives for

Casual readers
Children and early teens
ESL learners seeking simple English
Readers preferring contemporary language

🔄 Compare with

ESVNIVCSBNLTNASBNET

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 22:48 : 48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
Num 33:35 : 35 And they journeyed from Abronah, and encamped in Ezion-geber.
Deut 2:8 : 8 So we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion-geber. And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
2 Kgs 14:22 : 22 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
2 Chr 8:11-12 : 11 And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her; for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of Jehovah hath come. 12 Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings unto Jehovah on the altar of Jehovah, which he had built before the porch,
2 Chr 8:17-18 : 17 Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, on the {H3220} seashore in the land of Edom. 18 And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched from thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

2 Chr 8:17-18
2 verses
86%
17Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, on the {H3220} seashore in the land of Edom.
18And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched from thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
1 Kgs 9:27-28
2 verses
84%
27And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
28And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
2 Chr 20:36
76%
36and he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish; and they made the ships in Ezion-geber.
1 Kgs 10:22-23
2 verses
73%
22For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram: once every three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
23So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
1 Kgs 22:48
72%
48Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
Song 3:9
72%
9King Solomon made himself a palanquin Of the wood of Lebanon.
1 Kgs 10:10-11
2 verses
71%
10And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
11And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug - trees and precious stones.
2 Chr 9:26-28
3 verses
71%
26And he ruled over all the kings from the River even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
27And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.
28And they brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
2 Chr 9:21-23
3 verses
71%
21For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years came the ships of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
22So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
23And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
2 Chr 1:16
70%
16And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; the king's merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.
1 Kgs 10:26-28
3 verses
70%
26And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
27And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.
28And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; and the king's merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.
2 Chr 2:16
69%
16and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need; and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.
Ezek 27:25
69%
25The ships of Tarshish were thy caravans for thy merchandise: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the heart of the seas.
2 Chr 4:10
69%
10And he set the sea on the right side [of the house] eastward, toward the south.
2 Chr 9:14
69%
14besides that which the traders and merchants brought: and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
2 Chr 9:12
69%
12And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.
2 Chr 9:3
68%
3And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
1 Kgs 5:13
68%
13And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
Ezek 27:5
67%
5They have made all thy planks of fir-trees from Senir; they have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for thee.
2 Chr 9:1
67%
1And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great train, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
1 Kgs 9:15
67%
15And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised, to build the house of Jehovah, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
1 Kgs 9:10
67%
10And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Jehovah and the king's house
Ps 104:26
67%
26There go the ships; There is leviathan, whom thou hast formed to play therein.
2 Chr 1:13
67%
13So Solomon came from the high place that was at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting, unto Jerusalem; and he reigned over Israel.
1 Kgs 9:17
67%
17And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,
2 Chr 9:9-10
2 verses
67%
9And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
10And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, that brought gold from Ophir, brought algum - trees and precious stones.
1 Kgs 10:13
67%
13And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.
Ezek 27:9
67%
9The old men of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to deal in thy merchandise.
1 Kgs 10:15
67%
15besides [that which] the traders [brought], and the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of the mingled people, and of the governors of the country.
1 Kgs 9:25
67%
25And three times a year did Solomon offer burnt-offerings and peace-offerings upon the altar which he built unto Jehovah, burning incense therewith, [upon the altar] that was before Jehovah. So he finished the house.
1 Kgs 10:4
67%
4And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
1 Kgs 7:13
67%
13And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
2 Chr 8:9
67%
9But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen.
Ezek 27:7
67%
7Of fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was thy sail, that it might be to thee for an ensign; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thine awning.
Ps 107:23
66%
23They that go down to the sea in ships, That do business in great waters;
1 Kgs 9:1
66%
1And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of Jehovah, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,
1 Kgs 9:19
66%
19and all the store - cities that Solomon had, and the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
1 Kgs 5:9
66%
9My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea; and I will make them into rafts to go by sea unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and thou shalt receive them; and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.