1 Kings 9:26

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 22:48 : 48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they didn't go; for the ships were broken at Ezion Geber.
  • Num 33:35 : 35 They traveled from Abronah, and encamped in Ezion Geber.
  • Deut 2:8 : 8 So we passed by from our brothers the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah 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 that the king slept with his fathers.
  • 2 Chr 8:11-12 : 11 Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David to the house that he had built for her; for he said, "My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places where the ark of Yahweh has come are holy." 12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to Yahweh on the altar of Yahweh, which he had built before the porch,
  • 2 Chr 8:17-18 : 17 Then went Solomon to Ezion Geber, and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom. 18 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.

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  • 2 Chr 8:17-18
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    17 Then went Solomon to Ezion Geber, and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom.

    18 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.

  • 1 Kgs 9:27-28
    2 verses
    84%

    27 Hiram sent in the navy his servants, sailors who had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

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

  • 2 Chr 20:36
    76%

    36 and he joined 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%

    22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram: once every three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

    23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.

  • 1 Kgs 22:48
    72%

    48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they didn't go; for the ships were broken at Ezion Geber.

  • Song 3:9
    72%

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

  • 1 Kgs 10:10-11
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    71%

    10 She gave the king one hundred twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones. There came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.

    11 The navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees and precious stones.

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

    27 The king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.

    28 They brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt, and out of all lands.

  • 2 Chr 9:21-23
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    21 For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years came the ships of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

    22 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

    23 All 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%

    16 The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt and from Kue; the king's merchants purchased them from Kue.

  • 1 Kgs 10:26-28
    3 verses
    70%

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

    27 The king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.

    28 The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; and the king's merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.

  • 2 Chr 2:16
    69%

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

  • Ezek 27:25
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    25 The ships of Tarshish were your caravans for your merchandise: and you were replenished, and made very glorious in the heart of the seas.

  • 2 Chr 4:10
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    10 He set the sea on the right side [of the house] eastward, toward the south.

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

  • 2 Chr 9:12
    69%

    12 King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, besides that which she had brought to the king. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.

  • 2 Chr 9:3
    68%

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

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

  • Ezek 27:5
    67%

    5 They have made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; they have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.

  • 2 Chr 9:1
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    1 When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great train, and camels that bore spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she talked with him of all that was in her heart.

  • 1 Kgs 9:15
    67%

    15 This is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised, to build the house of Yahweh, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

  • 1 Kgs 9:10
    67%

    10 It happened at the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Yahweh and the king's house

  • Ps 104:26
    67%

    26 There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there.

  • 2 Chr 1:13
    67%

    13 So Solomon came from the high place that was at Gibeon, from before the Tent of Meeting, to Jerusalem; and he reigned over Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 9:17
    67%

    17 Solomon built Gezer, and Beth Horon the lower,

  • 2 Chr 9:9-10
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    67%

    9 She gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.

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

  • 1 Kgs 10:13
    67%

    13 King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, besides that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.

  • Ezek 27:9
    67%

    9 The old men of Gebal and the wise men of it were in you your repairers of ship seams: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you to deal in your merchandise.

  • 1 Kgs 10:15
    67%

    15 besides [that which] the traders [brought], and the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of the mixed people, and of the governors of the country.

  • 1 Kgs 9:25
    67%

    25 Three times a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he built to Yahweh, burning incense therewith, [on the altar] that was before Yahweh. So he finished the house.

  • 1 Kgs 10:4
    67%

    4 When the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,

  • 1 Kgs 7:13
    67%

    13 King Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.

  • 2 Chr 8:9
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    9 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen.

  • Ezek 27:7
    67%

    7 Of fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt was your sail, that it might be to you for a banner; blue and purple from the islands of Elishah was your awning.

  • Ps 107:23
    66%

    23 Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters;

  • 1 Kgs 9:1
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    1 It happened, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of Yahweh, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,

  • 1 Kgs 9:19
    66%

    19 and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

  • 1 Kgs 5:9
    66%

    9 My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea. I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place that you shall appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and you shall receive them. You shall accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household."