2 Chronicles 8:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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 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.
  • 2 Chr 9:13 : 13 Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents;
  • Eccl 2:8 : 8 I got together silver and gold and the wealth of kings and of countries. I got makers of song, male and female; and the delights of the sons of men--girls of all sorts to be my brides.
  • 1 Kgs 9:27-28 : 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.
  • 1 Kgs 10:22 : 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.

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  • 1 Kgs 9:26-28
    3 verses
    88%

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

    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 9:9-10
    2 verses
    79%

    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 9:14
    79%

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

  • 1 Kgs 10:10-11
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    77%

    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 9:12-15
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    77%

    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.

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

    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.

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

  • 2 Chr 9:20-22
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    20 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: no one gave a thought to silver in the days of Solomon.

    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.

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

  • 1 Kgs 10:21-25
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    75%

    21 And 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.

    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.

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

    25 And 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.

  • 1 Kgs 10:13-16
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    72%

    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.

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

    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.

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

  • 2 Chr 2:10
    72%

    10 And 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.

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

  • Ezra 8:26
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    26 Measuring into their hands six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels, a hundred talents' weight, and a hundred talents of gold,

  • 2 Chr 2:16
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    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.

  • 1 Kgs 22:48
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    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.

  • 2 Chr 4:11
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    11 And Huram made all the pots and the spades and the basins. So he came to the end of all the work he did for King Solomon in the house of God:

  • 1 Kgs 5:7-11
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    71%

    7 And these words of Solomon made Hiram glad, and he said, Now may the Lord be praised who has given to David a wise son to be king over this great people.

    8 Then Hiram sent to Solomon, saying; The words you sent have been given to me: I will do all your desire in the question of cedar-wood and cypress-wood.

    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.

    10 So Hiram gave Solomon all the cedar-wood and cypress-wood he had need of;

    11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of grain, as food for his people, and twenty measures of clear oil; this he did every year.

  • 2 Chr 2:8
    70%

    8 And send me cedar-trees, cypress-trees and sandal-wood from Lebanon, for, to my knowledge, your servants are expert wood-cutters in Lebanon; and my servants will be with yours,

  • 1 Kgs 5:15
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    15 Then he had seventy thousand for the work of transport, and eighty thousand stone-cutters in the mountains;

  • 1 Kgs 5:2
    70%

    2 And Solomon sent back word to Hiram, saying,

  • 1 Chr 29:4
    70%

    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 1:17
    69%

    17 A 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 Chr 18:8
    69%

    8 And from Tibhath and from Cun, towns of Hadadezer, David took a great store of brass, of which Solomon made the great brass water-vessel and the brass pillars and vessels.

  • 2 Chr 4:18
    69%

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

  • 2 Chr 2:12
    69%

    12 And Huram said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, maker of heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, full of wisdom and good sense, to be the builder of a house for the Lord and a house for himself as king.

  • 2 Chr 4:16
    69%

    16 All the pots and the spades and the meat-hooks and their vessels, which Huram, who was as his father, made for King Solomon for the house of the Lord, were of polished brass.

  • 1 Kgs 9:11
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    11 (Hiram, king of Tyre, had given Solomon cedar-trees and cypress-trees and gold, as much as he had need of,) King Solomon gave Hiram twenty towns in the land of Galilee.

  • 2 Chr 9:24
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    24 And 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 10:28
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    28 And Solomon's horses came from Egypt and from Kue; the king's traders got them at a price from Kue.

  • 2 Chr 2:3
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    3 And Solomon sent to Huram, king of Tyre, saying, As you did for my father David, sending him cedar-trees for the building of his house,

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