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1 Kings 9:28 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 28. 28And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
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Role in This Section
This verse closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition: “And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Solomon and Hiram's fleet brings gold from Ophir.”
Read It With
- 1 Kings 9:26–28
Read 1 Kings 9:28 with 9:26–28. The selected wording supplies one closing in the thought unit with its stated result or transition; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Locates Solomon's fleet at Ezion-geber beside Eloth in Edom; records the Ophir voyage and its delivery of a large gold cargo to Solomon.
Why It Needs Context
1 Kings 9:28 depends on 9:26–28; isolating “And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it…” would detach a supporting action, quotation, name, number, object, or transition from “Solomon and Hiram's fleet brings gold from Ophir.”
Read 1 Kings 9:26–28 together
Why these verses belong together: Solomon and Hiram's fleet brings gold from Ophir is the complete reviewed scene, prayer, oracle, list, or regnal notice bounded at 9:26–9:28.
Verse 26. 26 And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.
Verse 27. 27 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
Verse 28. 28 And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read 1 Kings 9:26–28 — Solomon and Hiram's fleet brings gold from OphirSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: 1 Kings 9:26–28, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Kings
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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Kgs.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 9:26–28
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