Font Size
1 Kings 9:26-28
Holman Christian Standard Bible
1 Kings 9:26-28
Holman Christian Standard Bible
26 King Solomon put together a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber,(A) which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea in the land of Edom. 27 With the fleet, Hiram sent his servants, experienced seamen, along with Solomon’s servants. 28 They went to Ophir(B) and acquired gold there—16 tons[a]—and delivered it to Solomon.(C)
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 1 Kings 9:28 Lit 420 talents
1 Kings 9:26-28
New International Version
1 Kings 9:26-28
New International Version
26 King Solomon also built ships(A) at Ezion Geber,(B) which is near Elath(C) in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.[a] 27 And Hiram sent his men—sailors(D) who knew the sea—to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s men. 28 They sailed to Ophir(E) and brought back 420 talents[b] of gold,(F) which they delivered to King Solomon.
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 9:26 Or the Sea of Reeds
- 1 Kings 9:28 That is, about 16 tons or about 14 metric tons
1 Kings 9:26-28
King James Version
1 Kings 9:26-28
King James Version
26 And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.
27 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
28 And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
Read full chapter
1 Kings 22:48
Holman Christian Standard Bible
1 Kings 22:48
Holman Christian Standard Bible
48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish(A) to go to Ophir(B) for gold, but they did not go because the ships were wrecked at Ezion-geber.(C)
Read full chapter
1 Kings 22:48
New International Version
1 Kings 22:48
New International Version
48 Now Jehoshaphat built a fleet of trading ships[a](A) to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail—they were wrecked at Ezion Geber.(B)
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 22:48 Hebrew of ships of Tarshish
1 Kings 22:48
King James Version
1 Kings 22:48
King James Version
48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.
Read full chapter
Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved.
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.