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1 Kings 9:25-27
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Kings 9:25-27
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
25 Three times a year Solomon used to offer up burnt offerings and sacrifices of well-being on the altar that he built for the Lord, offering incense[a] before the Lord. So he completed the house.(A)
Solomon’s Commercial Activity
26 King Solomon built a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea,[b] in the land of Edom.(B) 27 Hiram sent his servants with the fleet, sailors who were familiar with the sea, together with the servants of Solomon.(C)
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