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Ophir

Where Ophir sits on the map, and the 10 verses where it appears, in biblical order and linked to the full chapter.

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Point marked on the map
southwestern Arabia
Coordinates
18.2167, 42.5000
Mentions
10 mentions

Coordinates and the modern identification come from the open atlas at OpenBible.info. For regions, peoples and large features there is no identification: the marked point only places the area on the map, and stands for neither a particular site nor its boundaries.

Passages where it appears

10 verses, in biblical order.

1 Kings

  • 1 Kings 9:28

    And when they had gone to Ophir, taking from there four hundred twenty talents of gold, they brought it to king Solomon.

  • 1 Kings 10:11

    Then, too, the navy of Hiram, which carried gold from Ophir, brought an exceedingly great quantity of thyine wood and precious stones from Ophir.

  • 1 Kings 22:48

    At that time, there was no king appointed in Idumea.

1 Chronicles

  • 1 Chronicles 29:4

    three thousand talents of gold, from the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of highly-refined silver, for the gilding of the walls of the temple;

2 Chronicles

  • 2 Chronicles 8:18

    And Hiram sent to him ships, by the hands of his servants, sailors and skillful navigators of the sea, and they went away with the servants of Solomon to Ophir. And they took from there four hundred fifty talents of gold, and they brought it to king Solomon.

  • 2 Chronicles 9:10

    Then too, the servants of Hiram, with the servants of Solomon, brought gold from Ophir, and wood from thyine trees, and very precious gems.

Job

  • Job 22:24

    He will give you stone in place of dirt, and torrents of gold in place of stone.

  • Job 28:16

    It will not be compared with the dyed colors of India, nor with the very costly stone sardonyx, nor with the sapphire.

Psalms

  • Psalms 45:9

    Draw near and behold the works of the Lord: what portents he has set upon the earth,

Isaiah

  • Isaiah 13:12

    A man will be more precious than gold, and mankind will become like pure refined gold.

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