26 King Solomon also built a (A)fleet of ships in (B)Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the [a]Red Sea, in the land of Edom. 27 (C)And Hiram sent his servants with the fleet, sailors who knew the sea, along with the servants of Solomon. 28 And they went to (D)Ophir and received [b]420 talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon.

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  1. 1 Kings 9:26 Lit Sea of Reeds
  2. 1 Kings 9:28 About 16 tons or 14 metric tons

26 King Solomon also built ships(A) at Ezion Geber,(B) which is near Elath(C) in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.[a] 27 And Hiram sent his men—sailors(D) who knew the sea—to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s men. 28 They sailed to Ophir(E) and brought back 420 talents[b] of gold,(F) which they delivered to King Solomon.

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  1. 1 Kings 9:26 Or the Sea of Reeds
  2. 1 Kings 9:28 That is, about 16 tons or about 14 metric tons

48 Jehoshaphat built (A)ships of Tarshish to go to (B)Ophir for gold, but (C)they did not go, because the ships were destroyed at (D)Ezion-geber.

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48 Now Jehoshaphat built a fleet of trading ships[a](A) to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail—they were wrecked at Ezion Geber.(B)

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  1. 1 Kings 22:48 Hebrew of ships of Tarshish

36 So he allied himself with him to make ships to go (A)to Tarshish, and they made the ships in Ezion-geber.

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36 He agreed with him to construct a fleet of trading ships.[a] After these were built at Ezion Geber,

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  1. 2 Chronicles 20:36 Hebrew of ships that could go to Tarshish