2Ch 3:6, the region of fine gold; probably Ophir; according to Gesenius, the East.

the name of a country from which Solomon obtained gold for the temple (2Ch 3:6). Some have identified it with Ophir, but it is uncertain whether it is even the name of a place. It may simply, as some think, denote "Oriental regions."

Whence gold was brought for Solomon's temple (2Ch 3:6). From Sanskrit paru "hill," the two hills in Arabia mentioned by Ptolemy (vi. 7, section 11, Hitzig). Abbreviated front Sepharvaim, which stands in Syriac version and the targum of Jonathan for Sephar (Zaphar a seaport on the coast of Hadramaut; Ge 10:30, Knobel). From Sanskrit purva, "eastern" (Gesenius, Thessalonians 2:1125).

A region whence, according to 2Ch 3:6, the gold was obtained which was used for ornamenting the Temple of Solomon. The name is most plausibly identified with Farwa in Yemen, or S. W. Arabia. It was possibly from this place that the 'gold of Sheba' (Ps 72:15; cf. Isa 60:6) was in part derived.

J. F. M'Curdy.

Parva'im

An unknown gold region. 2Ch 3:6. Supposed by some to be a general term from the Sanscrit for the East.

Parva'im

(Oriental regions), the name of an unknown place or country whence the gold was procured for the decoration of Solomon's temple.

2Ch 3:6

We may notice the conjecture that it is derived from the Sanscrit purva, "eastern," and is a general term for the east.