Ophir: 1 Kings 10:11; Genesis 10:29; 1 Chronicles 29:4; 2 Chronicles 8:18, 2 Chronicles 9:10; Job 22:24, Job 28:16; Psalms 45:9; Isaiah 13:12
four hundred: 2 Chronicles 8:18
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1 Kings 9:28
1 Kings 9:28
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