Matthew Poole Commentary - 1 Kings 9:28 - 9:28

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Matthew Poole Commentary - 1 Kings 9:28 - 9:28


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Ophir; a place famous for the plenty and fineness of the gold there; of which see Gen_2:11,12 Job 22:24 28:16 Psa_45:9 Isa_13:12. It is manifest and agreed that it was a part of the East Indies, which though very remote from us, yet was far nearer to the Red Sea, from whence they might easily sail to it in these ancient times, because they needed not to go far from the coast to come to it, because they might (according to the manner of these first ages) sail all along near the coast, though the voyage was thereby more tedious, which was the reason why three years were spent in it. And here, and here only, were to bc had all the commodities which Solomon fetched from Ophir, 1Ki_10:22.



Four hundred and twenty talents: in all there came to the king four hundred and fifty talents, whereof it seems thirty talents were allowed by Solomon to Hiram and his men for the voyage, and so there were only four hundred and twenty that came clearly into the king’s treasury.