Thematic Bible: Ophir


Thematic Bible



They came to Ophir and took four hundred and twenty talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon.


Kings’ daughters are among Your noble ladies;
At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.



And place your gold in the dust,
And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks [considering it of little value],

namely, 3,000 talents of gold from the gold of Ophir, and 7,000 talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the buildings;


I will make mortal man more rare than fine gold,
And mankind [scarcer] than the pure gold of Ophir.


Kings’ daughters are among Your noble ladies;
At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.


“It cannot be valued in [terms of] the gold of Ophir,
In the precious onyx or beryl, or the sapphire.


Also the ships of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir a great quantity of almug wood (sandalwood) and precious stones.

They came to Ophir and took four hundred and twenty talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon.

And Huram (Hiram) sent him, by his servants, ships and servants familiar with the sea; and they went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir, and took from there four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to King Solomon.

The servants of Huram and those of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, also brought almug trees and precious stones.


and Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.

Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.


Jehoshaphat had [large cargo] ships of Tarshish constructed to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go, because the ships were wrecked at Ezion-geber.


Also the ships of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir a great quantity of almug wood (sandalwood) and precious stones.