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1 Kings 9:27–28

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And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
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From verse 27

  1. 1 Kings 10:11Rank 1 from verse 27
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    11And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.

  2. 1 Kings 5:6Rank 2 from verse 27
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    6Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.

  3. 1 Kings 5:9Rank 3 from verse 27
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    9My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.

  4. 1 Kings 22:49Rank 4 from verse 27
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    49Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.

  5. 2 Chronicles 20:36–37Rank 5 from verse 27
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    36And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion-geber.

    37Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the Lord hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

From verse 28

  1. 1 Chronicles 29:4Rank 1 from verse 28
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    4Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal:

  2. 2 Chronicles 8:18Rank 2 from verse 28
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    18And 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 took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.

  3. 1 Kings 10:11Rank 3 from verse 28
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    11And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.

  4. Isaiah 13:12Rank 4 from verse 28
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    12I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

  5. Job 22:24Rank 5 from verse 28
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    24Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

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1 Kings 9:27

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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navy

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A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company. The whole of the ships of war belonging to a nation or king.

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sea

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1. A great body or expanse of gathered waters, including a named sea or lake, in which ships and creatures move. 2. The large brazen or molten basin made for the temple and called a sea. 3. Something represented or compared as a sea.

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1 Kings 9:28

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fetched

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Sense 1: Went for and obtained, brought, summoned, or carried back a person or thing. Sense 2: Turned or travelled around, as in fetching a compass.

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thence

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From that place, position, point, or source; away from there.

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twenty

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The number equal to two tens, following nineteen and preceding twenty-one.

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king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

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26¶ And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.

27And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

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28And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.

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