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.
• 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 also, and Uzal, and Diklah, 22And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba, And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the 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

• 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 10:29And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
• 1 Kings 9:28And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king 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.
• 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:
• Job 22:24Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
• Isaiah 13:12I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
• Genesis 2:11The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
• Genesis 25:18And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
• 1 Samuel 15:7And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against 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