1 Kings 9:26-28

26 King Solomon also built a 1fleet of ships in 2Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red * Sea, in the land of Edom.
27 3And Hiram sent his servants with the fleet, sailors * who knew the sea, along with the servants of Solomon.
28 They went to 4Ophir and took four hundred and twenty talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon.

1 Kings 9:26-28 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 9

This chapter relates a second vision Solomon had at Gibeon, in which he received an answer to his prayer in the preceding chapter, 1Ki 9:1-9 that passed between him and Hiram king of Tyre, 1Ki 9:10-14, the places that Solomon built or repaired, 1Ki 9:15-19, the Canaanitish people that became bondmen to him, and the officers he had among the children of Israel, 1Ki 9:20-23 the removal of Pharaoh's daughter to the house built for her, 1Ki 9:24. Solomon's attention to religious services, 1Ki 9:25 and the navy of ships he employed, which brought him in great riches, 1Ki 9:26-28.

Cross References 4

  • 1. 1 Kings 22:48
  • 2. Numbers 33:35; Deuteronomy 2:8; 1 Kings 22:48
  • 3. 1 Kings 5:6, 9; 1 Kings 10:11
  • 4. 1 Chronicles 29:4; 2 Chronicles 8:18

Footnotes 1

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