God’s Word Translation
1 Chronicles 1:23
23Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
1 Chronicles 1:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
- New International Version (NIV)Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
Context of 1 Chronicles 1:23
21Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 22Ebal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan. 24Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah, 25Eber, Peleg, Reu,
Read all of 1 Chronicles 11 Chronicles 1:23 word by word
וְאֶת־אוֹפִ֥יר וְאֶת־חֲוִילָ֖ה וְאֶת־יוֹבָ֑ב כָּל־אֵ֖לֶּה בְּנֵ֥י יָקְטָֽן׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 1:23
- Genesis 10:29Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. These were Joktan’s sons.
- 1 Kings 9:28they went to Ophir, got 31,500 pounds of gold, and brought it to King Solomon.
- 1 Kings 10:11Hiram’s fleet that brought gold from Ophir also brought a large quantity of sandalwood and precious stones from Ophir.
- 1 Chronicles 29:4There are 225,000 pounds of gold from Ophir and 525,000 pounds of refined silver. They are to be used to cover the walls of the buildings,
- Job 22:24and lay your gold down in the dust, and put your gold from Ophir among the pebbles in the rivers,
- Isaiah 13:12I will make people harder to find than pure gold and human beings more rare than gold from Ophir.
- Genesis 2:11The name of the first river is Pishon. This is the one that winds throughout Havilah, where there is gold.
- Genesis 25:18His descendants lived as nomads from the region of Havilah to Shur, which is near Egypt, in the direction of Assyria. They all fought with each other.
- 1 Samuel 15:7Saul attacked the Amalekites from Havilah to Shur, east of Egypt.
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 1:23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23And Ophir - "Whence gold is brought." And Havilah; "whence pearls are brought." - T.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-23The record of Noah’s descendants shows Abraham’s place in history. The ethnic background of the seventy nations gives context to Israel’s history (compare Genesis 10).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-234-23. Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth--The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfilment of Noah's prophecy (Ge 9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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