26 (A)King Solomon also built a fleet of ships at (B)Ezion Geber, which is near [a]Elath on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. 27 (C)Then Hiram sent his servants with the fleet, seamen who knew the sea, to work with the servants of Solomon. 28 And they went to (D)Ophir, and acquired four hundred and twenty talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon.

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  1. 1 Kings 9:26 Heb. Eloth

26 King Solomon also built ships(A) at Ezion Geber,(B) which is near Elath(C) in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.[a] 27 And Hiram sent his men—sailors(D) who knew the sea—to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s men. 28 They sailed to Ophir(E) and brought back 420 talents[b] of gold,(F) which they delivered to King Solomon.

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  1. 1 Kings 9:26 Or the Sea of Reeds
  2. 1 Kings 9:28 That is, about 16 tons or about 14 metric tons

48 (A)Jehoshaphat (B)made [a]merchant ships to go to (C)Ophir for gold; (D)but they never sailed, for the ships were wrecked at (E)Ezion Geber.

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  1. 1 Kings 22:48 Or ships of Tarshish

48 Now Jehoshaphat built a fleet of trading ships[a](A) to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail—they were wrecked at Ezion Geber.(B)

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  1. 1 Kings 22:48 Hebrew of ships of Tarshish

10 (A)The kings of Tarshish and of the isles
Will bring presents;
The kings of Sheba and Seba
Will offer gifts.

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10 May the kings of Tarshish(A) and of distant shores(B)
    bring tribute to him.
May the kings of Sheba(C) and Seba
    present him gifts.(D)

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