The ships made in Ezion Geber, and the four hundred and twenty talents of gold fetched from Ophir
에시온게벨에서 지은 배들과 오빌에서 얻은 금 사백 이십 달란트
1 Kings 9:26–28: King Solomon makes a fleet of ships in Ezion Geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. Hiram sends in the fleet his servants, sailors who had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. They come to Ophir, and fetch from there gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and bring it to King Solomon. The Korean Revised Version names the land of Edom and the shore of the Red Sea before Eloth and Ezion Geber (에돔 땅 홍해 물 가 엘롯 근처 에시온게벨).
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- 1KI 9:26–28, engwebp
26King Solomon made a fleet of ships in Ezion Geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
27Hiram sent in the fleet his servants, sailors who had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
28They came to Ophir, and fetched from there gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to King Solomon.
AI-assisted, human review pending, 2026-09-26
Machine comparison on 2026-10-07: the wording raised none of the 3 rules against the passages this entry cites. No person has read it.
Unresolved interpretation: The weight of gold brought from Ophir
- 1 Kings 9:26–28 gives four hundred twenty talents of gold brought from Ophir.
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- 1KI 9:26–28, engwebp
26King Solomon made a fleet of ships in Ezion Geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
27Hiram sent in the fleet his servants, sailors who had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
28They came to Ophir, and fetched from there gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to King Solomon.
- 1KI 9:26–28, engwebp
- 2 Chronicles 8:17–18 gives four hundred fifty talents of gold brought from Ophir.
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- 2CH 8:17–18, engwebp
17Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom.
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.
- 2CH 8:17–18, engwebp
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Solomon — Took part in — The ships made in Ezion Geber, and the four hundred and twenty talents of gold fetched from Ophir
Evidence: 1 Kings 9:26–28
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Hiram (king of Tyre) — Took part in — The ships made in Ezion Geber, and the four hundred and twenty talents of gold fetched from Ophir
Evidence: 1 Kings 9:26–28
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The ships made in Ezion Geber, and the four hundred and twenty talents of gold fetched from Ophir — Narrated location — Ezion Geber
Evidence: 1 Kings 9:26–28
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The ships made in Ezion Geber, and the four hundred and twenty talents of gold fetched from Ophir — Narrated location — Ophir
Evidence: 1 Kings 9:26–28
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Entry: The ships made in Ezion Geber, and the four hundred and twenty talents of gold fetched from Ophir (event-1ki-9-the-fleet-at-ezion-geber-and-the-gold-of-ophir)
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Current wording: 1 Kings 9:26–28: King Solomon makes a fleet of ships in Ezion Geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. Hiram sends in the fleet his servants, sailors who had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. They come to Ophir, and fetch from there gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and bring it to King Solomon. The Korean Revised Version names the land of Edom and the shore of the Red Sea before Eloth and Ezion Geber (에돔 땅 홍해 물 가 엘롯 근처 에시온게벨).
Cited evidence: 1KI 9:26–28, engwebp
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