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1 Kings 9:27
“Hiram sent in the navy his servants, sailors who had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.”
Verse in context — 1 Kings 9
25
Three times a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he built to Yahweh, burning incense therewith, [on the altar] that was before Yahweh. So he finished the house.
26
King Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion Geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
27
Hiram sent in the navy his servants, sailors who had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
28
They came to Ophir, and fetched from there gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
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Solomon’s reign, the temple’s construction, and the kingdom’s division.
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