Ophir

³ Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give for it my personal treasures of gold and silver, over and above all that I have provided for this holy temple:

⁴ three thousand talents of gold (the gold of Ophir) and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the buildings,

⁵ for the gold work and the silver work, and for all the work to be done by the craftsmen. Now who will volunteer to consecrate himself to the LORD today?”

They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents —and delivered it to Solomon.

(The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought from Ophir a great cargo of almug wood and precious stones.

Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.

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.

(The servants of Hiram and of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.

I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.

²³ If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents

²⁴ and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,

²⁵ then the Almighty will be your gold and the finest silver for you.

It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.

The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.