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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

1 Kings 9:28

And they came to Ophir, the location of which is not definitely decided, though some facts speak for Eastern Africa, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, somewhat more than eight million dollars, and brought it to King Solomon. In this way Solomon took care of the welfare and security of his people. His kingdom is a type of the eternal kingdom of Christ with its spiritual and heavenly blessings.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Kings 9:28. _AND THEY CAME TO OPHIR_] No man knows certainly, to this day, where this _Ophir_ was situated. There were two places of this name; one somewhere in India, beyond the Ganges, and...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    On Ophir, see the marginal reference note. Among the various opinions three predominate; all moderns, except a very few, being in favor of Arabia, India, or Eastern Africa. Arabia’s claims are support...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    5. JEHOVAH APPEARS UNTO SOLOMON AND THE GREATNESS OF THE KING CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The second appearance of the LORD to Solomon (1 Kings 9:1)_ 2. Transactions with Hiram (1 Kings 9:10) 3. The levy of th...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _they came to Ophir_ There is not sufficient evidence to decide where Ophir was. The most probable conjectures have been Africa, India and Arabia. But on account of the productions named in connexion...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND THEY CAME TO OPHIR— Infinite are the conjectures of different writers concerning this land of Ophir. The authors of the Universal History have taken great pains to confute those opinions which app...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. SOLOMON'S NAVY 9:26-28 TRANSLATION (26) And King Solomon made a fleet of Ezion-geber which is beside Eloth upon the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. (27) And Hiram sent his servants wit...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THEY CAME TO OPHIR, AND FETCHED FROM THENCE GOLD, FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY TALENTS, AND BROUGHT IT TO KING SOLOMON._ Ophir - a general name, like the East or West Indies with us, for all the sout...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    GOD'S RESPONSE TO SOLOMON'S PRAYER. SOLOMON AND HIRAM 1. When.. finished] The Temple does not seem to have been dedicated until all the king's buildings were completed, the Temple and Palace being pr...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    OPHIR] variously identified with the Indian coast (near the mouth of the Indus), the E. coast of Africa (Abyssinia or Somaliland), and S. Arabia. In favour of the latter is the fact that in Genesis 10...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 9 GOD APPEARS TO SOLOMON AGAIN V1 So Solomon finished the *temple of the *Lord. He finished the royal palace and everything else that he...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    OPHIR. — All that can be certainly gathered from the mention of Ophir in the Old Testament is, first; that it was situated to the east of Palestine and approached by the Red Sea (as is clear from this...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יָּבֹ֣אוּ אֹופִ֔ירָה וַ יִּקְח֤וּ מִ שָּׁם

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE TEMPLE SACRIFICES 1 Kings 8:62; 1 Kings 9:25 "I have chosen this house to Myself for a house of sacrifice." - 2 Chronicles 7:12 "Gifts and sacrifices, that cannot, as touching the conscience ma...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    PROSPERITY AND WEALTH 1 Kings 9:15 Solomon was a great builder and employed vast numbers of Canaanites, the old inhabitants of the land, as forced laborers. They performed the drudgery, while the Isr...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Jehovah now appeared to Solomon for the second time, and declared that his prayer was heard and answered, but insisted that there were conditions for the people to fulfil. These conditions were clearl...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, (k) four hundred and twenty talents, and brought [it] to king Solomon. (k) In (2 Chronicles 8:18), 30 more are mentioned who seem to have been em...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Ophir, in the East Indies; (Menochius) an island called Taprobana, or Sumatra; (Salien) or a country near the heads of the Euphrates and Tigris. (Calmet, Dissert.) --- The variety of opinions is aston...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (26) And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. (27) And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowle...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    REFLECTIONS CHIEFLY, and above everything related in this chapter, let my soul ponder over the wondrous condescension of God to Solomon, in what is here said of this second manifestation to him of his...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Solomon was now at the height of his glory, a vivid type of a greater than Solomon. And it is only when we see that he really does thus prefigure the Lord Jesus as King that we can understand the impo...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The answer which God gives establishes the house as the place in which He has set His name for ever. His eyes and His heart shall be there perpetually; but, at the same time, for the enjoyment of the...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THEY CAME TO OPHIR,.... About which place there are various opinions; some take it to be the little island of Zocatora, on the eastern coast of Africa, at a small distance from the straits of Babe...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought [it] to king Solomon. Ver. 28. _And they came to Ophir,_] _i.e., _ To golden Chersonesus, saith Jose...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _They came to Ophir_ A place famous for gold, which was found there in great plenty, and peculiarly fine. It is highly probable that this place was in India, but in what part of it is not easy to dete...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Gods Couenant in a vision, with Solomon. 10 The mutual presents of Solomon and Hiram. 15 In Solomons workes the Gentiles were his bondmen, the Israelites honourable seruants. 24 Pharaohs daughter...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    GOD APPEARING AGAIN TO SOLOMON (vs.1-9) The Lord had appeared to Solomon before he built the temple (ch.3:5), now at its completion the Lord appears again to him. There was a danger of Solomon's bein...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    15-28 Here is a further account of Solomon's greatness. He began at the right end, for he built God's house first, and finished that before he began his own; then God blessed him, and he prospered in...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    OPHIR; a place famous for the plenty and fineness of the gold there; of which see GENESIS 2:11,12 JOB 22:24 28:16 PSALMS 45:9 ISAIAH 13:12. It is manifest and agreed that it was a part of the East Ind...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Kings 9:28 went H935 (H8799) Ophir H211 acquired H3947 (H8799) four H702 hundred H3967 twenty H6242 talents...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    SOLOMON'S SEAFARING ACTIVITY AND THE VISIT OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA (1 KINGS 9:26). In this passage we learn of Solomon's international influence and widespread trading activities, while central to it is...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Jehovah appears to Solomon. Covenant made. Solomon's fame. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hiram. CONCLUSION: God deals plainly with men and sets before them blessing or cursing. God never fails...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    1 Kings 9:2. _The Lord appeared to Solomon the second time._ This seems to be in answer to the prayer offered up in the temple. 1 Kings 9:13. _Cabul,_ vile, argillaceous, arenaceous. These twenty town...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 9:10 Solomon’s rule over the surrounding kingdoms, combined with his status in the world in general (1 Kings 4:21), put him in a position to build and dedicate the temple ...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 9:15. Solomon fortified the border cities especially open to attacks from foes, and carried out building projects for the public health and advantage. The lev...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION SOLOMON'S BUILDINGS AND UNDERTAKINGS.—So far the historian has spoken exclusively of the two greatest works of Solomon's reign, the Temple and the Palace, and principally of the former. Eve...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    First Kings chapter nine as we begin our study in the Word this evening. At the beginning of Solomon's reign, the Lord appeared unto him while he was in Gibeon, there offering sacrifices unto God. And...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 29:4; 1 Kings 10:11; 2 Chronicles 8:18; 2 Chronicles 9:10;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Ophir — A place famous for the plenty and fineness of the gold there. It is agreed, that it was a part of the East — Indies, probably Ceylon, which though very remote from us, yet was far nearer the R...

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