Ophir
Region
Location disputed
Where Scholars Place It
- southwestern Arabia Possible
- Sopara Possible
- Djibouti Less likely
- Goa Less likely
- Poovar Less likely
Named in 10 Verses
- 1 Kings 9:28 And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
- 1 Kings 10:11 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.
- 1 Kings 22:48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.
- 1 Chronicles 29:4 Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal:
- 2 Chronicles 8:18 And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
- 2 Chronicles 9:10 And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
- Job 22:24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
- Job 28:16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
- Psalms 45:9 Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
- Isaiah 13:12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
Locations from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Terrain from Natural Earth and NASA SRTM.
