¹⁷ Then Solomon went to the towns of Ezion Geber and Elath near the ·Red Sea [^Lcoast] in the land of Edom. ¹⁸ ·Hiram [or Huram; 2:3] sent ships to Solomon that were commanded by his own men, who ·were skilled sailors [^Lknew the sea]. ·Hiram’s [or Huram’s] men went with Solomon’s men to Ophir and brought back ·about thirty-four thousand pounds [^L450 talents] of gold to King Solomon.