island

Ophir

• Today southwestern Arabia
• Location disputed

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Questions

• Where was Ophir?

Verses (10)

1 Kgs 9:28

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

1 Kgs 10:11

And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.

1 Kgs 22:48

Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.

1 Chr 29:4

Even 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 Chr 8:18

And 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.

2 Chr 9:10

And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.

Job 22:24

Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

Job 28:16

It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

Ps 45:9

Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

Isa 13:12

I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

King James Version