1 Chronicles 1:23

1 Chronicles 1:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were descendants of Joktan.

Context of 1 Chronicles 1:23

21Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 22Obal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan. 24Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, 25Eber, Peleg, Reu,

1 Chronicles 1:23 word by word

וְאֶת־אוֹפִ֥יר וְאֶת־חֲוִילָ֖ה וְאֶת־יוֹבָ֑ב כָּל־אֵ֖לֶּה בְּנֵ֥י יָקְטָֽן׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Ophirאוֹפִיר'ôphîyr 'ôphîyr 'ôphir · OphirH211
• and Havilahחֲוִילָהchăvîylâh · HavilahH2341
• and Jobabיוֹבָבyôbâb · JobabH3103
• the sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Joktanיׇקְטָןyoqţân · JoktanH3355

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 1:23

• Genesis 10:29Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
• 1 Kings 9:28They sailed to Ophir and brought back 420 talents of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.
• 1 Kings 10:11(Hiram’s ships brought gold from Ophir; and from there they brought great cargoes of almugwood and precious stones.
• 1 Chronicles 29:4three thousand talents of gold (gold of Ophir) and seven thousand talents of refined silver, for the overlaying of the walls of the buildings,
• Job 22:24and assign your nuggets to the dust, your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines,
• Isaiah 13:12I will make people scarcer than pure gold, more rare than the gold of Ophir.
• Genesis 2:11The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.
• Genesis 25:18His descendants settled in the area from Havilah to Shur, near the eastern border of Egypt, as you go toward Ashur. And they lived in hostility toward all the tribes related to them.
• 1 Samuel 15:7Then Saul attacked the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, near the eastern border 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

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 1:23

• Genealogy
• Havilah
• Jobab
• Joktan
• Ophir
• Shem

In the dictionaries

• Havilah
• Abimael
• Almodad
• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
• Jobab
• Joktan
• Ophir
• Semites, Semitic Religion

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