They came to Ophir, and fetched from there gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
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- KJV And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
- BSB They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents—and delivered it to Solomon.
- NKJV And they went to Ophir, and acquired four hundred and twenty talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon.
- NASB And they went to Ophir and received 420 talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon.
- NLT They sailed to Ophir and brought back to Solomon some sixteen tons of gold.
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- 1 Chr 29:4even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, with which to overlay the walls of the houses;
- 2 Chr 8:18Huram 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 brought from there four hundred fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
- Job 22:24Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
- 1 Kgs 10:11The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir, also brought in from Ophir great quantities of almug trees and precious stones.
- Ps 45:9Kings’ daughters are among your honorable women. At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir.
- Job 28:16It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
- Isa 13:12I will make people more rare than fine gold, even a person than the pure gold of Ophir.
- Gen 10:29Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
- 2 Chr 9:10The servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, also brought algum trees and precious stones.
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