27 (A)Then Hiram sent his servants with the fleet, seamen who knew the sea, to work with the servants of Solomon.

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27 And Hiram sent his men—sailors(A) who knew the sea—to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s men.

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28 And they went to (A)Ophir, and acquired four hundred and twenty talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon.

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28 They sailed to Ophir(A) and brought back 420 talents[a] of gold,(B) which they delivered to King Solomon.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 9:28 That is, about 16 tons or about 14 metric tons

24 Then you will (A)lay your gold in the dust,
And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.

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24 and assign your nuggets(A) to the dust,
    your gold(B) of Ophir(C) to the rocks in the ravines,(D)

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