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Solomon’s Additional Achievements

1 Kings 9:27

In 11 translations

BSB
And Hiram sent his servants, men who knew the sea, to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s servants.
KJV
And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
WEB
Hiram sent in the fleet his servants, sailors who had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
ASV
And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
LSV
And Hiram sends his servants in the navy, shipmen knowing the sea, with servants of Solomon,
YLT
And Hiram sendeth in the navy his servants, shipmen knowing the sea, with servants of Solomon,
DBY
And Hiram sent in the fleet his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon;
DRC
And Hiram sent his servants in the fleet, sailors that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
GNV
And Hiram sent with the nauie his seruats, that were mariners, and had knowledge of the sea, with the seruants of Salomon.
JPS
And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
LXXE
And Chiram sent in the ship together with the servants of Solomon servants of his own, mariners to row, men acquainted with the sea.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח חִירָ֤ם בָּֽאֳנִי֙ אֶת־עֲבָדָ֔יו אַנְשֵׁ֣י אֳנִיּ֔וֹת יֹדְעֵ֖י הַיָּ֑ם עִ֖ם עַבְדֵ֥י שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἀπέστειλε Χιρὰμ ἐν τῇ νηῒ τῶν παίδων αὐτοῦ ἄνδρας ναυτικοὺς ἐλαύνειν εἰδότας θάλασσαν μετὰ τῶν παίδων Σαλωμών.

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👤 Hiram👤 Solomon◆ Reign of Solomon

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Kings 5:9My servants will haul the logs from Lebanon to the Sea, and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate the logs, and you can take them away. And in exchange, you can meet my needs…
  • 1 Kings 5:6Now therefore, order that cedars of Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants whatever wages you set, for you know that there are none among us as skilled in…
  • 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 22:49At that time Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants sail with your servants,” but Jehoshaphat refused.
  • 2 Chronicles 20:36–37They agreed to make ships to go to Tarshish, and these were built in Ezion-geber. Then Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the…

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