1 Kings 9:28

In 11 translations

BSB

They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents —and delivered it to Solomon.420 talents is approximately 15.8 tons or 14.4 metric tons of gold.

KJV

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

WEB

They came to Ophir, and fetched from there gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to King Solomon.A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 420 talents is about 12.6 metric tons

ASV

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

LSV

and they come to Ophir, and take four hundred and twenty talents of gold from there, and bring [it] to King Solomon.

YLT

and they come in to Ophir and take thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and bring [it] in unto king Solomon.

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

And they came to Ophir and sette from thence foure hundreth and twentie talents of gold, and brought it to King Salomon.

JPS

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

LXXE

And they came to Sophira, and took thence a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.

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WLC

וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ אוֹפִ֔ירָה וַיִּקְח֤וּ מִשָּׁם֙ זָהָ֔ב אַרְבַּע־מֵא֥וֹת וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים כִּכָּ֑ר וַיָּבִ֖אוּ אֶל־הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἦλθον εἰς Σωφιρὰ, καὶ ἔλαβον ἐκεῖθεν χρυσίου ἑκατὸν καὶ εἴκοσι τάλαντα, καὶ ἤνεγκαν τῷ βασιλεῖ Σαλωμών.

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• 1 Chronicles 29:4three thousand talents of gold (the gold of Ophir) and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the buildings,
• 2 Chronicles 8:18So 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.
• Job 28:16It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
• Job 22:24and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,
• 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.
• Isaiah 13:12I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.
• Psalms 45:9The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.
• Genesis 10:29Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
• 2 Chronicles 9:10(The servants of Hiram and of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.

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