Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Ophir—a general name, like the East or West Indies with us, for all the southern regions lying on the African, Arabian, or Indian seas, in so far as at that time known [HEEREN].
gold, four hundred and twenty talents—(See on II Chronicles 8:18). At 125 pounds Troy, or 1500 ounces to the talent, and about £4 to the ounce, this would make £2,604,000.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Kings 9:28:
1 Kings 9:24-25
2 Chronicles 8:18
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