1 Kings 9:26

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And King Solomon made a sea-force of ships in Ezion-geber, by Eloth, on the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 22:48 : 48 And the representative of King Jehoshaphat made a Tarshish-ship to go to Ophir for gold, but it did not go, because it was broken at Ezion-geber.
  • Num 33:35 : 35 And they went on from Abronah, and put up their tents in Ezion-geber.
  • Deut 2:8 : 8 So we went on past our brothers, the children of Esau, living in Seir, by the road through the Arabah, from Elath and Ezion-geber. And turning, we went by the road through the waste land of Moab.
  • 2 Kgs 14:22 : 22 He was the builder of Elath, which he got back for Judah after the death of the king.
  • 2 Chr 8:11-12 : 11 Then Solomon made Pharaoh's daughter come up from the town of David to the house which he had made for her; for he said, I will not have my wife living in the house of David, king of Israel, because those places where the ark of the Lord has come are holy. 12 Then Solomon made burned offerings to the Lord on the altar of the Lord which he had put up in front of the covered way,
  • 2 Chr 8:17-18 : 17 Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth by the sea in the land of Edom. 18 And Huram sent him, by his servants, ships and experienced seamen, who went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir and came back with four hundred and fifty talents of gold, which they took to King Solomon.

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  • 2 Chr 8:17-18
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    17 Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth by the sea in the land of Edom.

    18 And Huram sent him, by his servants, ships and experienced seamen, who went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir and came back with four hundred and fifty talents of gold, which they took to King Solomon.

  • 1 Kgs 9:27-28
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    27 Hiram sent his servants, who were experienced seamen, in the sea-force with Solomon's men.

    28 And they came to Ophir, where they got four hundred and twenty talents of gold, and took it back to King Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 20:36
    76%

    36 Together they made ships to go to Tarshish, building them in Ezion-geber.

  • 1 Kgs 10:22-23
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    22 For the king had Tarshish-ships at sea with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the Tarshish-ships came with gold and silver and ivory and monkeys and peacocks.

    23 And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

  • 1 Kgs 22:48
    72%

    48 And the representative of King Jehoshaphat made a Tarshish-ship to go to Ophir for gold, but it did not go, because it was broken at Ezion-geber.

  • Song 3:9
    72%

    9 King Solomon made himself a bed of the wood of Lebanon.

  • 1 Kgs 10:10-11
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    71%

    10 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a great store of spices and jewels: never again was such a wealth of spices seen as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.

    11 And the sea-force of Hiram, in addition to gold from Ophir, came back with much sandal-wood and jewels.

  • 2 Chr 9:26-28
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    26 And he was ruler over all the kings from the River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the limit of Egypt.

    27 The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.

    28 They got horses for Solomon from Egypt and from every land.

  • 2 Chr 9:21-23
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    21 For the king had Tarshish-ships sailing with the servants of Huram: once every three years the Tarshish-ships came back with gold and silver, ivory and monkeys and peacocks.

    22 And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

    23 And all the kings of the earth came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God had put into his heart.

  • 2 Chr 1:16
    70%

    16 And Solomon's horses came out of Egypt; the king's traders got them from Kue at a price.

  • 1 Kgs 10:26-28
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    26 And Solomon got together war-carriages and horsemen; he had one thousand, four hundred carriages and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he kept, some in the carriage-towns and some with the king at Jerusalem.

    27 And the king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.

    28 And Solomon's horses came from Egypt and from Kue; the king's traders got them at a price from Kue.

  • 2 Chr 2:16
    69%

    16 And we will have wood cut from Lebanon, as much as you have need of, and will send it to you on flat boats by sea to Joppa, and from there you may take it up to Jerusalem.

  • Ezek 27:25
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    25 Tarshish ships did business for you in your goods: and you were made full, and great was your glory in the heart of the seas.

  • 2 Chr 4:10
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    10 He put the great water-vessel on the right side of the house to the east, facing south.

  • 2 Chr 9:14
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    14 And in addition to what he got from traders of different sorts, all the kings of Arabia and the rulers of the country gave gold and silver to Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 9:12
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    12 And King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she made request for, in addition to what she had taken to the king. So she went back to her country with her servants.

  • 2 Chr 9:3
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    3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had made,

  • 1 Kgs 5:13
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    13 Then King Solomon got together men for the forced work through all Israel, thirty thousand men in number;

  • Ezek 27:5
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    5 They have made all your boards of fir-trees from Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make the supports for your sails.

  • 2 Chr 9:1
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    1 Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to Jerusalem to put his wisdom to the test with hard questions; and with her came a very great train, and camels weighted down with spices, and great stores of gold and jewels: and when she came to Solomon she had talk with him of everything in her mind.

  • 1 Kgs 9:15
    67%

    15 Now, this was the way of Solomon's system of forced work for the building of the Lord's house and of the king's house, and the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and Megiddo and Gezer. ...

  • 1 Kgs 9:10
    67%

    10 Now at the end of twenty years, in which time Solomon had put up the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king's house,

  • Ps 104:26
    67%

    26 There go the ships; there is that great beast, which you have made as a plaything.

  • 2 Chr 1:13
    67%

    13 So Solomon went back from the high place at Gibeon, from before the Tent of meeting, to Jerusalem; and he was king over Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 9:17
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    17 ... and Solomon was the builder of Gezer and Beth-horon the lower,

  • 2 Chr 9:9-10
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    67%

    9 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a great store of spices and jewels: never had such spices been seen as the queen of Sheba gave to Solomon.

    10 And the servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, in addition to gold from Ophir, came back with sandal-wood and jewels.

  • 1 Kgs 10:13
    67%

    13 And King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she made request for, in addition to what he gave her freely from the impulse of his heart. So she went back to her country, she and her servants.

  • Ezek 27:9
    67%

    9 The responsible men of Gebal and its wise men were in you, making your boards watertight: all the ships of the sea with their seamen were in you trading in your goods.

  • 1 Kgs 10:15
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    15 In addition to what came to him from the business of the traders, and from all the kings of the Arabians, and from the rulers of the country.

  • 1 Kgs 9:25
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    25 Three times in the year it was Solomon's way to give burned offerings and peace-offerings on the altar he had made to the Lord, causing his fire-offering to go up on the altar before the Lord.

  • 1 Kgs 10:4
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    4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had made,

  • 1 Kgs 7:13
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    13 Then King Solomon sent and got Hiram from Tyre.

  • 2 Chr 8:9
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    9 But Solomon did not make use of the children of Israel as servants for his work; they were men of war, his chiefs and his captains, and captains of his war-carriages and his horsemen.

  • Ezek 27:7
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    7 The best linen with needlework from Egypt was your sail, stretched out to be a flag for you; blue and purple from the sea-lands of Elishah gave you shade.

  • Ps 107:23
    66%

    23 Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in the great waters;

  • 1 Kgs 9:1
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    1 Now when Solomon came to the end of building the house of the Lord and the king's house, and all Solomon's desires, which he had in mind were effected;

  • 1 Kgs 9:19
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    19 And all the store-towns and the towns which Solomon had for his war-carriages and for his horsemen, and everything which it was his pleasure to put up in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land under his rule.

  • 1 Kgs 5:9
    66%

    9 My men will take them down from Lebanon to the sea, where I will have them corded together to go by sea to whatever place you say, and I will have them cut up there so that you may take them away; as for payment, it will be enough if you give me food for my people.