2 Chronicles 8:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

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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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched from thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And Hiram sent him shippes by his seruauntes which had knowlege of the See, and they wente with Salomos seruauntes vnto Ophir, and fetched from thence foure hundreth and fyftye talentes of golde, and broughte it vnto kynge Salomon.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And Huram sent him by the handes of his seruants, shippes, and seruants that had knowledge of the sea: and they went with the seruants of Salomon to Ophir, and brought thence foure hundreth and fiftie talents of golde, and brought them to King Salomon.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And Hiram sent hym by the handes of his seruauntes, shippes, and seruauntes that had knowledge of the sea: and they went with the seruauntes of Solomon to Ophir, and caryed thence foure hundred and fyftie talentes of golde, and brought it to king Solomon.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought [them] to king Solomon.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants who had knowledge of the sea; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched from there four hundred fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and Huram sendeth to him, by the hand of his servants, ships and servants knowing the sea, and they go with servants of Solomon to Ophir, and take thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and bring in unto king Solomon.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched from thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched from thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.

  • 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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Huram sent him ships and servants who had knowledge of the sea by the hands of his servants; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched from there four hundred fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Huram sent him ships and some of his sailors, men who were well acquainted with the sea. They sailed with Solomon’s men to Ophir, and took from there 450 talents of gold, which they brought back to King Solomon.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 9:10 : 10 The servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.
  • 2 Chr 9:13 : 13 The weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold,
  • Eccl 2:8 : 8 I gathered for myself silver and gold and the special treasures of kings and of the provinces. I acquired male and female singers, the delights of the sons of men, and various kinds of musical instruments.
  • 1 Kgs 9:27-28 : 27 And Hiram sent his servants, seamen who had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. 28 And they came to Ophir, and brought from there gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
  • 1 Kgs 10:22 : 22 For 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    26And 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.

    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 9:9-10
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    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.

  • 14And Hiram sent to the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold.

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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.

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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.

    13The weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold,

    14besides what the traders and merchants brought. All the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.

    15King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of beaten gold went into each shield.

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    20All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; silver was not regarded as anything in the days of Solomon.

    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.

  • 17Then Solomon went to Eziongeber and to Eloth at the seaside in the land of Edom.

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    21And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon.

    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.

    24And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

    25And they brought every man his gift, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a yearly rate.

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    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.

    14Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold,

    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.

    16And king Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went into one shield.

  • 10And behold, I will give to your servants, the woodcutters who cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.

  • 13And King Solomon sent and brought Hiram out of Tyre.

  • 26I weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels worth one hundred talents, and of gold one hundred talents;

  • 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.

  • 48Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they did not go; for the ships were wrecked at Eziongeber.

  • 11And Huram made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. And Huram completed the work he did for King Solomon for the house of God:

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    7And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly and said, Blessed be the LORD today, who has given David a wise son over this great people.

    8And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things you sent to me for, and I will do all your desire concerning cedar and fir timber.

    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.

    10So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire.

    11And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food for his household, and twenty measures of pure oil; this was given by Solomon to Hiram year by year.

  • 8Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon, for I know that your servants are skillful to cut timber in Lebanon; and behold, my servants shall be with your servants,

  • 15And Solomon had seventy thousand who carried burdens and eighty thousand stonecutters in the mountains,

  • 2And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,

  • 4Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses.

  • 17And they fetched up and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: and they brought out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means.

  • 8Likewise, from Tibhath and from Chun, cities of Hadadezer, David brought a great deal of bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze sea, the pillars, and the vessels of bronze.

  • 18Thus Solomon made all these articles in great abundance, because the weight of the bronze could not be determined.

  • 12Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given to King David a wise son, endowed with prudence and understanding, that might build a house for the LORD, and a house for his kingdom.

  • 16The pots, the shovels, the forks, and all their utensils, Huram his master craftsman made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD of polished bronze.

  • 11(Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

  • 24Every one of them brought his gift: articles of silver and gold, garments, armor, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year.

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

  • 3And Solomon sent to Huram, the king of Tyre, saying, As you dealt with David my father, and sent him cedars to build a house to dwell in, so deal with me.

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