26 King Solomon also built a (A)fleet of ships in (B)Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the [a]Red Sea, in the land of Edom. 27 (C)And Hiram sent his servants with the fleet, sailors who knew the sea, along with the servants of Solomon. 28 And they went to (D)Ophir and received [b]420 talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 9:26 Lit Sea of Reeds
  2. 1 Kings 9:28 About 16 tons or 14 metric tons

48 Jehoshaphat built (A)ships of Tarshish to go to (B)Ophir for gold, but (C)they did not go, because the ships were destroyed at (D)Ezion-geber.

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36 So he allied himself with him to make ships to go (A)to Tarshish, and they made the ships in Ezion-geber.

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