17 Then went Solomon to Ezion Geber, and to Eloth by the [a]Sea side in the land of Edom.

18 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 brought thence [b]four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to King Solomon.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 8:17 Meaning, the red Sea.
  2. 2 Chronicles 8:18 Which sum is thought to mount to three million and six hundred thousand crowns, for here is mention made of thirty more than are spoken of, 1 Kings 9:28.

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