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Ophir
Island mentioned in 10 verses of the Bible, most often in 1 Kings.
Where it appears
1 Kings (3), 2 Chronicles (2), Job (2), 1 Chronicles (1), Psalms (1), Isaiah (1)
Key verses
- 1 Kings 9:28 first mention — And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
- 1 Kings 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 Kings 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 Chronicles 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
- 2 Chronicles 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 Chronicles 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.
- Psalms 45:9 — Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
- Isaiah 13:12 — I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
Nearby places
- Uphaz 0 km
Bible Geocoding Data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/geo/), CC BY 4.0. OpenBible.info rates this identification as uncertain; scholars propose other sites. Map: Natural Earth (public domain). Verse text: King James Version.