2 Chronicles 8:18

sent him by the hand of his servants ships The natural interpretation of these words is that Huram had ships transported overland from the Phœnician coast to the Gulf of Akaba, a difficult but not impossible task. In 1 Kin. however it is merely said that Solomon built ships in Ezion-geber probably with the help of Huram and that Huram helped to man them. Probably the text of Chron. should be corrected here from the text of Kings.

Ophir The situation of this oft-mentioned place is not known. It has been identified with some part of the coast (a) of India, (b) of Africa, (c) of Arabia. The last identification is most probable; Ophir appears as the name of an Arabian tribe (Genesis 10:29). The name is variously written in the LXX. but usually with an initial "S," Sophir(a). This form may one day help to identify the place.

four hundred and fifty talents So LXX., but in 1 Kin. "four hundred and twenty" (so Heb., in LXX. B "a hundred and twenty").