1 Kings 9:25-28

Contemporary English Version

^25 (A) Three times a year, Solomon burned incense and offered sacrifices to the Lord on the altar he had built.

Solomon had now finished building the Lord's temple.

²⁶ He also had a lot of ships at Ezion-Geber, a town in Edom near Eloth on the Red Sea.^{[a] 27-28} King Hiram let some of his experienced sailors go to the country of Ophir^[b] with Solomon's own sailors, and they brought back about 14 tons of gold for Solomon.