1 Kings 9:28

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They went to Ophir, took four hundred and twenty talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon.

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  • 1 Chr 29:4 : 4 This includes three thousand talents of gold from Ophir and seven thousand talents of refined silver to overlay the walls of the buildings.
  • 2 Chr 8:18 : 18 Hiram sent him ships and servants skilled in sailing by the hands of his own servants. They went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir, where they brought back 450 talents of gold and delivered it to King Solomon.
  • 1 Kgs 10:11 : 11 Moreover, Hiram’s ships, which had brought gold from Ophir, also brought from Ophir a great quantity of almug wood and precious stones.
  • Job 22:24 : 24 and assign your gold to the dust, and the gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines,
  • Job 28:16 : 16 It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
  • Ps 45:9 : 9 All your garments are fragrant with myrrh, aloes, and cassia; from ivory palaces, stringed instruments bring you joy.
  • Isa 13:12 : 12 I will make people scarcer than fine gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.
  • Gen 10:29 : 29 and Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
  • 2 Chr 9:10 : 10 Moreover, the servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, who had brought gold from Ophir, also brought algum wood and precious stones.

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  • 2 Chr 8:17-18
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    88%

    17Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the shore of the sea in the land of Edom.

    18Hiram sent him ships and servants skilled in sailing by the hands of his own servants. They went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir, where they brought back 450 talents of gold and delivered it to King Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 9:12-16
    5 verses
    82%

    12King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for, in addition to what she had brought to the king. Then she turned and went back to her own land with her servants.

    13The weight of the gold that came to Solomon annually was six hundred sixty-six talents,

    14not counting what the merchants and traders brought. All the kings of Arabia and the governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.

    15King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; each shield needed six hundred shekels of hammered gold.

    16He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold, with three hundred shekels of gold in each shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

  • 1 Kgs 9:14
    79%

    14Hiram had sent to the king one hundred twenty talents of gold.

  • 2 Chr 9:9-10
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    9Then she gave the king a hundred twenty talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

    10Moreover, the servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, who had brought gold from Ophir, also brought algum wood and precious stones.

  • 1 Kgs 10:10-11
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    10And she gave the king 120 talents of gold, large quantities of spices, and precious stones. Never again were so many spices brought as those which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

    11Moreover, Hiram’s ships, which had brought gold from Ophir, also brought from Ophir a great quantity of almug wood and precious stones.

  • 1 Kgs 9:26-27
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    77%

    26King Solomon also built a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, near Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea in the land of Edom.

    27Hiram sent his servants, experienced sailors, who knew the sea, to work with Solomon's servants on the fleet.

  • 1 Kgs 10:13-17
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    76%

    13King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for, in addition to what he had already given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned to her own land with her attendants.

    14The weight of the gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold.

    15This did not include the income from the merchants, traders, and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the land.

    16King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; each shield contained six hundred shekels of gold.

    17He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.

  • 2 Chr 9:28
    75%

    28Horses were imported for Solomon from Egypt and from all other lands.

  • 1 Chr 29:4
    75%

    4This includes three thousand talents of gold from Ophir and seven thousand talents of refined silver to overlay the walls of the buildings.

  • 2 Chr 9:20-24
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    75%

    20All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Silver was not considered valuable in Solomon’s days.

    21The king's ships, operated with Huram’s servants, went to Tarshish once every three years. They brought back gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

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

    23All the kings of the earth sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart.

    24Each year, men brought their gifts to Solomon: articles of silver and gold, robes, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.

  • 1 Kgs 10:21-25
    5 verses
    75%

    21All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were gold, and all the utensils in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Silver was not considered valuable in Solomon's days.

    22The king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet. Once every three years, the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

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

    24The whole world sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.

    25Every year, they brought their gifts—articles of silver and gold, robes, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.

  • 2 Chr 9:1
    75%

    1When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon's fame, she came to test Solomon with hard questions in Jerusalem. She arrived with a very large entourage, including camels carrying spices, a great quantity of gold, and precious stones. She came to Solomon and spoke with him about everything that was on her mind.

  • Ezra 8:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

    26And I weighed out into their hands 650 talents of silver, 100 silver vessels worth talents, and 100 talents of gold.

    27Also, twenty gold basins worth 1,000 darics, and two vessels of polished bronze, as desirable as gold.

  • 1 Kgs 10:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1When the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon and his relationship with the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions.

    2She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large entourage—with camels carrying spices, a great deal of gold, and precious stones. She came to Solomon and spoke to him about everything that was on her mind.

  • Exod 38:24
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    24The total gold from the wave offering used for the work on the sanctuary amounted to 29 talents and 730 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.

  • 2 Chr 1:17
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    17A chariot was imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for one hundred and fifty. They also exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.

  • 1 Kgs 10:4
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    4When the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, the palace he had built,

  • 1 Kgs 10:28-29
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    70%

    28Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue—the king’s merchants purchased them from Kue at the standard price.

    29A chariot was imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for one hundred and fifty. These were also exported to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram through their agents.

  • 2 Chr 4:18
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    18Solomon made all these items in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze was not determined.

  • 2 Chr 2:10
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    10Hiram, king of Tyre, replied in writing and sent it to Solomon: "Because of the LORD's love for His people, He has made you their king."

  • 2 Chr 2:16
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    16Then Solomon counted all the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, as his father David had counted them, and they were found to be 153,600.

  • 2 Chr 9:3
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    3When the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon and the house he had built,

  • 1 Chr 29:7
    70%

    7They gave for the work of the house of God: five thousand talents and ten thousand darics of gold, ten thousand talents of silver, eighteen thousand talents of bronze, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.

  • 1 Chr 22:14
    70%

    14Now, behold, in my trouble, I have prepared for the house of the Lord one hundred thousand talents of gold, a million talents of silver, and so much bronze and iron that it cannot be weighed, as well as timber and stone in abundance, which you may add to.

  • 1 Kgs 7:13
    69%

    13King Solomon sent for Hiram from Tyre.