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1 Kings 9:27
And Hiram sent his servants, sailors who knew the sea, to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s servants.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records Solomon’s naval and commercial operations at Ezion-geber on the Red Sea coast, detailing the joint crewing of his fleet.
The words — The text uses וַ/יִּשְלַ֨ח (va/i.yishlach), “and he sent,” and יֹדְעֵ֖י (yo.de‘ei), “who knew,” to specify that Hiram dispatched mariners with proven maritime experience.
The thread — This crewing arrangement continues the labor-sharing pattern of 1 Kings 5:6 and 1 Kings 5:9, and directly precedes the Ophir gold voyage described in 1 Kings 9:28 and 1 Kings 10:11.
Why it lands — The text states that Hiram provided skilled sailors to work alongside Solomon’s men; the reader must acknowledge that the fleet’s operational capacity depended on this transfer of specialized maritime knowledge.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 5:6 Now therefore, order that cedars of Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants whatever wages you set, for you know that there are none among us as skilled in logging as the Sidonians.”
- 1 Kings 5:9 My servants will haul the logs from Lebanon to the Sea, and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate the logs, and you can take them away. And in exchange, you can meet my needs by providing my household with food.”
- 1 Kings 10:11 (The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought from Ophir a great cargo of almug wood and precious stones.
- 1 Kings 22:49 At that time Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants sail with your servants,” but Jehoshaphat refused.
- 2 Chronicles 20:36 They agreed to make ships to go to Tarshish, and these were built in Ezion-geber.