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Place · Region

Ophir

Named in 10 verses across 6 books, first in 1 Kings 9:28.

Where

Coordinates

27.5000° N, 67.5000° E

One proposed location, not an established one.

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Identification

Uncertain

The exact spot is unknown; the point is placed by a related feature nearby.

Matched to an entry in an ancient-world gazetteer, and the match was checked by the dataset’s editors. Gazetteer entry

Some biblical sites are known for certain; others are identified from old names and descriptions and are still discussed.

Dataset notes

Sofera similarly aliased but location far off OpenBible source.

Left by the dataset’s contributors; not reviewed by us.

People

Born, died or recorded here, or in an event set here, first; then people named in the same verses, which does not mean they were here.

Solomon3 shared verses
Hiramson of Huram3 shared verses
Jehoshaphatson of Asa1 shared verse

In the Bible

All 10 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

1 Kings

1 Kings 9:28
They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents —and delivered it to Solomon.
1 Kings 10:11
(The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought from Ophir a great cargo of almug wood and precious stones.
1 Kings 22:48
Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.

1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 29:4
three thousand talents of gold (the gold of Ophir) and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the buildings,

2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 8:18
So Hiram sent him ships captained by his servants, along with crews of experienced sailors. They went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir and acquired from there 450 talents of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.
2 Chronicles 9:10
(The servants of Hiram and of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.

Job

Job 22:24
and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,
Job 28:16
It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.

Psalms

Psalms 45:9
The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.

Isaiah

Isaiah 13:12
I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

Some region famous for its gold (1 Kings 9:28; 10:11; 22:48; Job 22:24; 28:16; Isa. 13:12). In the LXX. this word is rendered “Sophir,” and “Sofir” is the Coptic name for India, which is the rendering of the Arabic version, as also of the Vulgate. Josephus has identified it with the Golden Chersonese, i.e., the Malay peninsula. It is now generally identified with Abhira, at the mouth of the Indus. Much may be said, however, in favour of the opinion that it was somewhere in Arabia.