Ophir
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| Type | island and mine and region and settlement |
|---|---|
| Most likely | southwestern Arabia (low confidence) |
| Coordinates | 18.217° N, 42.500° E |
| Mentioned in | 10 verses |
| First mention | 1 Kings 9:28 |
Ophir is an island and mine and region and settlement named in 10 verses of the Bible. It is most likely southwestern Arabia (low confidence; 10 other proposals below).
Location
Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.
| Identification | Confidence | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| southwestern Arabia | low (28%) | 18.217° N, 42.500° E |
| another name for Punt | low (18%) | 11.595° N, 43.148° E |
| Sopara | low (16%) | 19.414° N, 72.795° E |
| Poovar | very low (3%) | 8.318° N, 77.071° E |
| Sofala | very low (3%) | 20.156° S, 34.737° E |
| Sri Lanka | very low (3%) | 7.000° N, 81.000° E |
| Goa | very low (3%) | 15.402° N, 74.043° E |
| Sumatra | very low (3%) | — |
Verses
1 Kings
- 1 Kings 9:28And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents—and delivered it to Solomon.
- 1 Kings 10:11And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.(The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought from Ophir a great cargo of almug wood and precious stones.
- 1 Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion–geber.Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 29:4Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal:three thousand talents of gold (the gold of Ophir) and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the buildings,
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 8:18And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.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.
- 2 Chronicles 9:10And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.(The servants of Hiram and of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.
Job
- Job 22:24Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,
- Job 28:16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
Psalms
- Psalm 45:9Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 13:12I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.
Notes
- Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.