Biblical Region
Ophir in the Bible
Ophir is a region mentioned in 10 verses across 6 books of the Bible. Known today as southwestern Arabia.
Verses
10
Books
6
Confidence
Moderate
Coordinates
18.2167, 42.5000
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Key Verses About Ophir
“and fetched from there gold”1 Kings 9:28 (KJV)
“that brought gold from Ophir”1 Kings 10:11 (KJV)
“Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.”1 Kings 22:48 (KJV)
“of the gold of Ophir”1 Chronicles 29:4 (KJV)
“and fetched from there four hundred fifty talents of gold”2 Chronicles 8:18 (KJV)
Bible Verses Mentioning Ophir
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- Geographic data from OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Map tiles by OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0).
- Image: Bernard Gagnon.