1 Kings 9:26

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 1 Kgs 22:48 : 48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they did not go; for the ships were wrecked at Eziongeber.
  • Num 33:35 : 35 They departed from Ebronah, and camped at Ezion Geber.
  • Deut 2:8 : 8 And when we passed by from our brethren, the children of Esau, who dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath and from Ezion-geber, 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 the king rested with his fathers.
  • 2 Chr 8:11-12 : 11 And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David to the house 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 the LORD has come. 12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,
  • 2 Chr 8:17-18 : 17 Then Solomon went to Eziongeber and to Eloth at the seaside in the land of Edom. 18 And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that knew the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took from there four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to King Solomon.

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  • 2 Chr 8:17-18
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    17Then Solomon went to Eziongeber and to Eloth at the seaside in the land of Edom.

    18And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that knew the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took from there four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to King Solomon.

  • 1 Kgs 9:27-28
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    84%

    27And Hiram sent his servants, seamen who had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

    28And they came to Ophir, and brought from there gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 20:36
    76%

    36And he allied himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish, and they made the ships in Ezion Geber.

  • 1 Kgs 10:22-23
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    73%

    22For the king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish with the fleet of Hiram: once every three years the fleet of Tarshish came, 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 did not go; for the ships were wrecked at Eziongeber.

  • Song 3:9
    72%

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

  • 1 Kgs 10:10-11
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    10And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a very great quantity of spices, and precious stones: no more such abundance of spices came as those which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.

    11Moreover the navy of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir a great supply of almug wood, and precious stones.

  • 2 Chr 9:26-28
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    26He reigned over all the kings from the River to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt.

    27The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars as abundant as sycamores in the low country.

    28They imported horses for Solomon from Egypt and from all lands.

  • 2 Chr 9:21-23
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    21For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram, and every three years the ships of Tarshish brought gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

    22King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

    23All 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 Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

  • 1 Kgs 10:26-28
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    70%

    26And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

    27And the king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar made he as plentiful as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland.

    28And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

  • 2 Chr 2:16
    69%

    16And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as you need, and we will bring it to you in rafts by sea to Joppa; and you shall carry it up to Jerusalem.

  • Ezek 27:25
    69%

    25The ships of Tarshish sang of you in your market: and you were replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.

  • 2 Chr 4:10
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    10And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, opposite the south.

  • 2 Chr 9:14
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    14besides what the traders and merchants brought. All the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 9:12
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    12King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired, whatever she asked, besides what she had brought to the king. So she turned and went back to her own land, she and her servants.

  • 2 Chr 9:3
    68%

    3When the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon and the house he had built,

  • 1 Kgs 5:13
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    13And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel, and the levy was thirty thousand men.

  • Ezek 27:5
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    5They have made all your ship boards of fir trees from Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for you.

  • 2 Chr 9:1
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    1When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon's fame, she came to test Solomon with difficult questions at Jerusalem, with a very large entourage, camels carrying spices, a great quantity of gold, and precious stones. When she came to Solomon, she spoke with him about everything in her heart.

  • 1 Kgs 9:15
    67%

    15This is the reason for the levy which king Solomon raised; to build the house of the LORD, 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, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house,

  • Ps 104:26
    67%

    26There go the ships: there is Leviathan, which You have made to play there.

  • 2 Chr 1:13
    67%

    13Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 9:17
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    17And Solomon built Gezer, and Lower Beth Horon,

  • 2 Chr 9:9-10
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    67%

    9She gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, a great abundance of spices, and precious stones; never again were there such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

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

  • 1 Kgs 10:13
    67%

    13And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all she desired, whatever she asked, besides what Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.

  • Ezek 27:9
    67%

    9The elders of Gebal and its wise men were in you, your caulkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you to occupy your merchandise.

  • 1 Kgs 10:15
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    15Besides what he had from the merchants, and from the trafficking of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.

  • 1 Kgs 9:25
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    25Three times in a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built to the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.

  • 1 Kgs 10:4
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    4And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built,

  • 1 Kgs 7:13
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    13And King Solomon sent and brought Hiram out of Tyre.

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

  • Ezek 27:7
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    7Fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt was what you spread forth to be your sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was what covered you.

  • Ps 107:23
    66%

    23They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;

  • 1 Kgs 9:1
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    1And it happened, when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desires which he was pleased to do,

  • 1 Kgs 9:19
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    19And all the storage cities that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and whatever Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

  • 1 Kgs 5:9
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    9My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea; I will convey them by sea in floats to the place you appoint, and will have them unloaded there, and you shall receive them, and you shall fulfill my desire by providing food for my household.