25 Three times a year Solomon used to offer up burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar that he built to the Lord, making offerings with it[a] before the Lord. So he finished the house.

26 King Solomon built a fleet of ships at (A)Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. 27 And Hiram sent (B)with the fleet his servants, seamen who were familiar with the sea, together with the servants of Solomon.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 9:25 Septuagint lacks with it

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