1 Kings 6:20

6:20 The inner sanctuary was 30 feet 1  long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He plated it with gold, 2  as well as the cedar altar. 3 

1 Kings 9:11

9:11 King Solomon gave King Hiram of Tyre 4  twenty cities in the region of Galilee, because Hiram had supplied Solomon with cedars, evergreens, and all the gold he wanted.

1 Kings 10:11

10:11 (Hiram’s fleet, which carried gold from Ophir, also brought from Ophir a very large quantity of fine timber and precious gems.

1 Kings 10:25

10:25 Year after year visitors brought their gifts, which included items of silver, items of gold, clothes, perfume, spices, horses, and mules. 5 

1 Kings 15:15

15:15 He brought the holy items that he and his father had made into the Lord’s temple, including the silver, gold, and other articles. 6 

1 Kings 20:3

20:3 He said to him, “This is what Ben Hadad says, ‘Your silver and your gold are mine, as well as the best of your wives and sons.’”

1 Kings 20:5

20:5 The messengers came again and said, “This is what Ben Hadad says, ‘I sent this message to you, “You must give me your silver, gold, wives, and sons.”

1 Kings 22:48

22:48 Jehoshaphat built a fleet of large merchant ships 7  to travel to Ophir for gold, but they never made the voyage because they were shipwrecked in Ezion Geber.

1 tn Heb “twenty cubits” (this measurement occurs three times in this verse).

2 tn Heb “with plated gold” (or perhaps, “with pure gold”).

3 tn Heb “he plated [the] altar of cedar.”

4 map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

5 tn Heb “and they were bringing each one his gift, items of silver…and mules, the matter of a year in a year.”

6 tn Heb “and he brought the holy things of his father and his holy things (into) the house of the Lord, silver, gold, and items.” Instead of “his holy things,” a marginal reading (Qere) in the Hebrew text has “the holy things of [the house of the Lord].”

7 tn Heb “a fleet of Tarshish [ships].” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.