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Ophir ( Hebrew אוֹפִיר , Standard Hebrew Ofir , Tiberian Hebrew ʾÔp̄îr ) is a port or region mentioned in the Bible that was famous for its wealth.1King Solomon is supposed to have received a cargo of gold, silver, sandalwood , precious stones, ivory , apes and peacocks from Ophir, every three years.2Ophir is also one of the children of Joktan . Biblical scholars, archeologists and various other people have tried to determine the exact location of Ophir. Most modern scholars assume that it must have been somewhere in southwest Arabia in the region of modern Yemen . This is also the assumed location of Sheba . Another possibility is the African shore of the Red Sea , with the name perhaps being derived from the Afar people of Ethiopia . Other assumptions vary as widely as theoretical locations of Atlantis . Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) mentions the connection to "Sofir," the Coptic name for India and a possible connection to Abhira, at the mouth of the Indus River . Josephus connected it with "Cophen, an Indian river, and in part of Asia adjoining to it." ( Antiquities of the Jews I:6), sometimes associated with a part of Afghanistan . Proponents of pre-Columbian connections between Eurasia and the Americas have also made their own suggestions including places like modern-day Peru . On a side note,Ophir is the subject of H. Rider Haggard 's novel " King Solomon's Mines " which places its location in South Africa . Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir, Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine, With a cargo of ivory, And apes and peacocks, Sandalwood, cedarwood, and sweet white wine. — John Masefield , "Cargoes" In Genesis 10:29, Ophir was one of the sons of Joktan . Ophir is a locality in New South Wales where gold was first discovered in Australia in 1851 .3
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Ophir ( Hebrew : אוֹפִיר , Modern : Ofir , Tiberian : ʼÔp̄îr ) is a port or region mentioned in the Bible , famous for its wealth. King Solomon is supposed to have received a cargo of gold, silver, sandalwood , precious stones, ivory , apes and peacocks from Ophir, every three years.
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Ophir ( / ˈ oʊ f ər / ; Hebrew : אוֹפִיר , Modern : Ofir , Tiberian : ʼÔp̄îr ) is a port or region mentioned in the Bible , famous for its wealth. King Solomon received a cargo of gold, silver, sandalwood , pearls, ivory , apes and peacocks from Ophir, every three years.
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Ophir ( / ˈ oʊ f ər / ; Hebrew : אוֹפִיר , Modern : Ofir , Tiberian : ʼÔp̄îr ) is a port or region mentioned in the Bible , famous for its wealth. King Solomon received a cargo from Ophir every three years, 1 Kings 10:22 which consisted of gold, silver, sandalwood , pearls, ivory , apes, and peacocks .
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Biblical port famous for its wealth Not to be confused with Orphir . Ophir ( / ˈ oʊ f ər / ; Hebrew : אוֹפִיר , Modern : ʼŌfīr , Tiberian : ʼŌp̄īr ) is a port or region mentioned in the Bible , famous for its wealth. Its existence is attested to by an inscribed pottery shard found at Tell Qasile (in modern-day Tel Aviv ) in 1946, dating to the eighth century BC, which reads " gold of Ophir to/for Beth-Horon [...] 30 shekels " The location of Ophir is unknown, though the find confirms it as a real place from which gold was imported.There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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Biblical port famous for its wealth Not to be confused with Orphir . Ophir ( / ˈ oʊ f ər / ; Hebrew : אוֹפִיר , Modern : ʼŌfīr , Tiberian : ʼŌp̄īr ) is a port or region mentioned in the Bible , famous for its wealth. Its existence is attested to by an inscribed pottery shard found at Tell Qasile (in modern-day Tel Aviv ) in 1946, dating to the eighth century BC, which reads " gold of Ophir to/for Beth-Horon [...] 30 shekels ". The location of Ophir is unknown, though the find confirms it as a real place which exported gold. There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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