1 Kings 9:28

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • 1 Chr 29:4 : 4 Even three thousand talents of gold of Ophir and seven thousand talents of the best silver, for plating the walls of the house:
  • 2 Chr 8:18 : 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 10:11 : 11 And the sea-force of Hiram, in addition to gold from Ophir, came back with much sandal-wood and jewels.
  • Job 22:24 : 24 And put your gold in the dust, even your gold of Ophir among the rocks of the valleys;
  • Job 28:16 : 16 It may not be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the onyx of great price, or the sapphire.
  • Ps 45:9 : 9 Kings' daughters are among your noble women: on your right is the queen in gold of Ophir.
  • Isa 13:12 : 12 I will make men so small in number, that a man will be harder to get than gold, even the best gold of Ophir.
  • Gen 10:29 : 29 And Ophir and Havilah and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.
  • 2 Chr 9:10 : 10 And the servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, in addition to gold from Ophir, came back with sandal-wood and jewels.

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

    18And 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.

  • 2 Chr 9:12-16
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    82%

    12And 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.

    13Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents;

    14And 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.

    15And King Solomon made two hundred body-covers of hammered gold, every one having six hundred shekels of gold in it.

    16And he made three hundred smaller body-covers of hammered gold, using three hundred shekels of gold for every cover, and the king put them in the house of the Woods of Lebanon.

  • 1 Kgs 9:14
    79%

    14And Hiram sent the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold.

  • 2 Chr 9:9-10
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    79%

    9And 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.

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

  • 1 Kgs 10:10-11
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    10And 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.

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

  • 1 Kgs 9:26-27
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    77%

    26And King Solomon made a sea-force of ships in Ezion-geber, by Eloth, on the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

    27Hiram sent his servants, who were experienced seamen, in the sea-force with Solomon's men.

  • 1 Kgs 10:13-17
    5 verses
    76%

    13And 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.

    14Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents;

    15In 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.

    16And Solomon made two hundred body-covers of hammered gold, every one having six hundred shekels of gold in it.

    17And he made three hundred smaller body-covers of hammered gold, with three pounds of gold in every cover: and the king put them in the house of the Woods of Lebanon.

  • 2 Chr 9:28
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    28They got horses for Solomon from Egypt and from every land.

  • 1 Chr 29:4
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    4Even three thousand talents of gold of Ophir and seven thousand talents of the best silver, for plating the walls of the house:

  • 2 Chr 9:20-24
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    20All King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold: no one gave a thought to silver in the days of Solomon.

    21For 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.

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

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

    24And everyone took with him an offering, vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and robes, and coats of metal, and spices, and horses and beasts for transport, regularly year by year.

  • 1 Kgs 10:21-25
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    21And all King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold; not one was of silver, for no one gave a thought to silver in the days of King Solomon.

    22For 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.

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

    24And from all over the earth they came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

    25And everyone took with him an offering, vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and robes, and coats of metal, and spices, and horses, and beasts of transport, regularly year by year.

  • 2 Chr 9:1
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    1Now 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.

  • Ezra 8:26-27
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    72%

    26Measuring into their hands six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels, a hundred talents' weight, and a hundred talents of gold,

    27And twenty gold basins, of a thousand darics, and two vessels of the best bright brass, equal in value to gold.

  • 1 Kgs 10:1-2
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    72%

    1Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to put his wisdom to the test with hard questions.

    2And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels weighted down with spices, and stores of gold and jewels: and when she came to Solomon she had talk with him of everything in her mind.

  • 1 Kgs 4:34
    71%

    34People came from every nation to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had word of his wisdom.

  • Exod 38:24
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    24The gold used for all the different work done for the holy place, the gold which was given, was twenty-nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels in weight, by the scale of the holy place.

  • 2 Chr 1:17
    71%

    17A war-carriage might be got from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: they got them at the same rate for all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.

  • 1 Kgs 10:4
    71%

    4And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had made,

  • 1 Kgs 10:28-29
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    28And Solomon's horses came from Egypt and from Kue; the king's traders got them at a price from Kue.

    29A war-carriage might be got from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; they got them at the same rate for all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.

  • 2 Chr 4:18
    70%

    18So Solomon made all these vessels, a very great store of them, and the weight of the brass used was not measured.

  • 2 Chr 2:10
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    10And I will give as food to your servants, the wood-cutters, twenty thousand measures of grain, and twenty thousand measures of barley and twenty thousand measures of wine and twenty thousand measures of oil.

  • 2 Chr 2:16
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    16And 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.

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

  • 1 Chr 29:7
    70%

    7And they gave for the use of the house of the Lord, five thousand talents and ten thousand darics of gold, and ten thousand talents of silver, and eighteen thousand talents of brass, and a hundred thousand talents of iron.

  • 1 Chr 22:14
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    14Now see, poor though I am, I have got ready for the house of the Lord a hundred thousand talents of gold and a million talents of silver; and a weight of brass and iron greater than may be measured; and wood and stone have I made ready, and you may put more to it.

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

  • 1 Kgs 4:21
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    21And Solomon was ruler over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the edge of Egypt; men gave him offerings and were his servants all the days of his life.