1 Kings 9:28
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
They wentוַיָּבֹ֣אוּ
(vai·ya·vo·'u)
935: to come in, come, go in, goa prim. root
to Ophirאֹופִ֔ירָה
(o·v·fi·rah,)
211: a son of Joktan, also his desc., also a region from which gold comesof uncertain derivation
and tookוַיִּקְח֤וּ
(vai·yik·chu)
3947: to takea prim. root
fourאַרְבַּע־
(ar·ba-)
702: fourof uncertain derivation
hundredמֵאֹ֥ות
(me·'o·vt)
3967: hundreda prim. root
and twentyוְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים
(ve·'es·rim)
6242: twentyfrom the same as eser
talentsכִּכָּ֑ר
(kik·kar;)
3603: a round, a round district, a round loaf, a round weight, a talent (a measure of weight or money)from karar
of goldזָהָ֔ב
(za·hav,)
2091: goldof uncertain derivation
from there,מִשָּׁם֙
(mi·sham)
8033: there, thithera prim. adverb
and broughtוַיָּבִ֖אוּ
(vai·ya·vi·'u)
935: to come in, come, go in, goa prim. root
[it] to Kingהַמֶּ֥לֶךְ
(ham·me·lech)
4428: kingfrom an unused word
Solomon.שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃
(she·lo·moh.)
8010: David's son and successor to his thronefrom shalem


















KJV Lexicon
And they came
bow'  (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
to Ophir
'Owphiyr  (o-feer')
Ophir, the name of a son of Joktan, and of a gold region in the East -- Ophir.
and fetched
laqach  (law-kakh')
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
from thence gold
zahab  (zaw-hawb')
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky -- gold(-en), fair weather.
four
'arba`  (ar-bah')
four -- four.
hundred
me'ah  (may-aw')
a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction -- hundred(-fold), -th), + sixscore.
and twenty
`esriym  (es-reem')
twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth -- (six-)score, twenty(-ieth).
talents
kikkar  (kik-kawr')
loaf, morsel, piece, plain, talent.
and brought
bow'  (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
it to king
melek  (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
Solomon
Shlomoh  (shel-o-mo')
peaceful; Shelomah, David's successor -- Solomon.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
They went to Ophir and took four hundred and twenty talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon.

King James Bible
And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They went to Ophir and acquired gold there--16 tons--and delivered it to Solomon.

International Standard Version
They sailed as far as Ophir and brought back 420 talents of gold for Solomon.

NET Bible
They sailed to Ophir, took from there four hundred twenty talents of gold, and then brought them to King Solomon.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
they went to Ophir, got 31,500 pounds of gold, and brought it to King Solomon.

King James 2000 Bible
And they came to Ophir, and brought from there gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
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