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.
The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,
And Hiram sent his servants, sailors who knew the sea, to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s servants.
For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would
and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and fema