2 Chronicles 9:10

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

(Huram’s servants, aided by Solomon’s servants, brought gold from Ophir, as well as fine timber and precious gems.

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  • 2 Chr 8:18 : 18 Huram sent him ships and some of his sailors, men who were well acquainted with the sea. They sailed with Solomon’s men to Ophir, and took from there 450 talents of gold, which they brought back to King Solomon.
  • 1 Kgs 10:11 : 11 (Hiram’s fleet, which carried gold from Ophir, also brought from Ophir a very large quantity of fine timber and precious gems.
  • 1 Kgs 10:22 : 22 Along with Hiram’s fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet came into port with cargoes of gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
  • 1 Kgs 9:27-28 : 27 Hiram sent his fleet and some of his sailors, who were well acquainted with the sea, to serve with Solomon’s men. 28 They sailed to Ophir, took from there 420 talents of gold, and then brought them to King Solomon.

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  • 1 Kgs 10:10-13
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    10She gave the king 120 talents of gold, a very large quantity of spices, and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon has never been matched.

    11(Hiram’s fleet, which carried gold from Ophir, also brought from Ophir a very large quantity of fine timber and precious gems.

    12With the timber the king made supports for the LORD’s temple and for the royal palace and stringed instruments for the musicians. No one has seen so much of this fine timber to this very day.)

    13King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she requested, besides what he had freely offered her. Then she left and returned to her homeland with her attendants.

  • 2 Chr 9:11-12
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    11With the timber the king made steps for the LORD’s temple and royal palace as well as stringed instruments for the musicians. No one had seen anything like them in the land of Judah prior to that.)

    12King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she requested, more than what she had brought him. Then she left and returned to her homeland with her attendants.

  • 2 Chr 8:18
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    18Huram sent him ships and some of his sailors, men who were well acquainted with the sea. They sailed with Solomon’s men to Ophir, and took from there 450 talents of gold, which they brought back to King Solomon.

  • 1 Kgs 9:27-28
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    27Hiram sent his fleet and some of his sailors, who were well acquainted with the sea, to serve with Solomon’s men.

    28They sailed to Ophir, took from there 420 talents of gold, and then brought them to King Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 2:8-10
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    8Send me cedars, evergreens, and algum trees from Lebanon, for I know your servants are adept at cutting down trees in Lebanon. My servants will work with your servants

    9to supply me with large quantities of timber, for I am building a great, magnificent temple.

    10Look, I will pay your servants who cut the timber 20,000 cors of ground wheat, 20,000 cors of barley, 120,000 gallons of wine, and 120,000 gallons of olive oil.”

  • 2 Chr 9:14
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    14besides what he collected from the merchants and traders. All the Arabian kings and the governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 9:9
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    9She gave the king 120 talents of gold and a very large quantity of spices and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon has never been matched.

  • 2 Chr 9:20-21
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    20All of King Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon’s time.

    21The king had a fleet of large merchant ships manned by Huram’s men that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet came into port with cargoes of gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

  • 2 Chr 9:27-28
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    27The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the foothills.

    28Solomon acquired horses from Egypt and from all the lands.

  • 1 Kgs 5:8-10
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    8Hiram then sent this message to Solomon:“I received the message you sent to me. I will give you all the cedars and evergreens you need.

    9My servants will bring the timber down from Lebanon to the sea. I will send it by sea in raft-like bundles to the place you designate. There I will separate the logs and you can carry them away. In exchange you will supply the food I need for my royal court.”

    10So Hiram supplied the cedars and evergreens Solomon needed,

  • 1 Kgs 9:14
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    14Hiram had sent to the king 120 talents of gold.

  • 1 Kgs 10:27
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    27The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the foothills.

  • 2 Chr 1:15
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    15The king made silver and gold as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the foothills.

  • 1 Kgs 10:21-23
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    21All of King Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon’s time.

    22Along with Hiram’s fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet came into port with cargoes of gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

    23King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth.

  • 1 Kgs 9:11
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    11King Solomon gave King Hiram of Tyre twenty cities in the region of Galilee, because Hiram had supplied Solomon with cedars, evergreens, and all the gold he wanted.

  • 1 Kgs 10:2
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    2She arrived in Jerusalem with a great display of pomp, bringing with her camels carrying spices, a very large quantity of gold, and precious gems. She visited Solomon and discussed with him everything that was on her mind.

  • 2 Chr 2:16
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    16we will get all the timber you need from Lebanon and bring it in raft-like bundles by sea to Joppa. You can then haul it on up to Jerusalem.”

  • 1 Kgs 10:15
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    15besides what he collected from the merchants, traders, Arabian kings, and governors of the land.

  • 1 Chr 22:4
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    4and more cedar logs than could be counted.(The Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large amount of cedar logs to David.)

  • 2 Chr 9:1
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    1Solomon Entertains a Queen When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, she came to challenge him with difficult questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a great display of pomp, bringing with her camels carrying spices, a very large quantity of gold, and precious gems. She visited Solomon and discussed with him everything that was on her mind.

  • 1 Kgs 7:13
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    13Solomon Commissions Hiram to Supply the Temple King Solomon sent for Hiram of Tyre.

  • 1 Kgs 5:6
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    6So now order some cedars of Lebanon to be cut for me. My servants will work with your servants. I will pay your servants whatever you say is appropriate, for you know that we have no one among us who knows how to cut down trees like the Sidonians.”

  • 1 Kgs 5:18
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    18Solomon’s and Hiram’s construction workers, along with men from Byblos, did the chiseling and prepared the wood and stones for the building of the temple.

  • 1 Chr 29:8
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    8All who possessed precious stones donated them to the treasury of the LORD’s temple, which was under the supervision of Jehiel the Gershonite.

  • 1 Chr 29:2
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    2So I have made every effort to provide what is needed for the temple of my God, including the gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, as well as a large amount of onyx, settings of antimony and other stones, all kinds of precious stones, and alabaster.

  • Song 3:9
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    9King Solomon made a sedan chair for himself of wood imported from Lebanon.

  • 1 Kgs 10:25
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    25Year after year visitors brought their gifts, which included items of silver, items of gold, clothes, perfume, spices, horses, and mules.

  • 2 Chr 9:23-24
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    23All the kings of the earth wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom.

    24Year after year visitors brought their gifts, which included items of silver, items of gold, clothes, perfume, spices, horses, and mules.

  • 2 Chr 2:3
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    3Solomon sent a message to King Huram of Tyre:“Help me as you did my father David, when you sent him cedar logs for the construction of his palace.

  • 1 Kgs 10:4
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    4When the queen of Sheba saw for herself Solomon’s extensive wisdom, the palace he had built,

  • 1 Kgs 5:15
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    15Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hills,

  • 2 Chr 3:6
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    6He decorated the temple with precious stones; the gold he used came from Parvaim.

  • 2 Chr 9:3
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    3When the queen of Sheba saw for herself Solomon’s wisdom, the palace he had built,

  • 2 Chr 2:12
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    12Huram also said,“Worthy of praise is the LORD God of Israel, who made the sky and the earth! He has given King David a wise son who has discernment and insight and will build a temple for the LORD, as well as a royal palace for himself.

  • 1 Kgs 10:17
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    17He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold were used for each of these shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest.

  • 2 Chr 9:16
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    16He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; 300 measures of gold were used for each of those shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest.