Bible Strands
2 Chronicles 9:10
(The servants of Hiram and of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records a detail of Solomon’s reign during the queen of Sheba’s visit, documenting the commercial return of a joint Tyrian-Israelite expedition.
The words — עַבְדֵי (‘avadei) translates literally to “servants” or “agents,” and הֵבִיאוּ (hevi’u) means “they brought.” These verbs and nouns specify that the crews returning from Ophir delivered a mixed cargo rather than gold alone.
The thread — This expedition is cross-referenced in 1 Kings 9:27, 1 Kings 10:11, and 2 Chronicles 8:18, where the same coordinated fleet operation is repeatedly noted.
Why it lands — The passage lists imported materials without theological commentary, requiring the reader to observe how commercial logistics directly supplied the construction and worship infrastructure of Jerusalem.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 8:18 So Hiram sent him ships captained by his servants, along with crews of experienced sailors. They went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir and acquired from there 450 talents of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.
- 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 9:27 And Hiram sent his servants, sailors who knew the sea, to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s servants.
- 1 Kings 10:22 For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.