Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

Ophir

Genesis 10:29
and Ophir and Havilah and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.
1 Kings 9:28
They went to Ophir and took four hundred and twenty talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon.
1 Kings 10:11
Also the ships of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir a very great number of almug trees and precious stones.
1 Chronicles 29:4
namely, 3,000 talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and 7,000 talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the buildings;
Job 22:24
And place your gold in the dust,
And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks,
Psalm 45:9
Kings’ daughters are among Your noble ladies;
At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.
Isaiah 13:12
I will make mortal man scarcer than pure gold
And mankind than the gold of Ophir.

Havilah

Genesis 2:11
The name of the first is Pishon; it flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
Genesis 25:18
They settled from Havilah to Shur which is east of Egypt as one goes toward Assyria; he settled in defiance of all his relatives.
1 Samuel 15:7
So Saul defeated the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, which is east of Egypt.

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