1 Kings 9:27

The NET Bible®

Hiram sent his fleet and some of his sailors, who were well acquainted with the sea, to serve with Solomon's men.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
With the fleet, Hiram sent his servants, experienced seamen, along with Solomon’s servants.

Hebrew Names Version
Hiram sent in the navy his servants, sailors who had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Shlomo.

King James Version
And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

English Standard Version
And Hiram sent with the fleet his servants, seamen who were familiar with the sea, together with the servants of Solomon.

New Century Version
Hiram had skilled sailors, so he sent them to serve in these ships with Solomon's men.

Amplified Bible
And Hiram [king of Tyre] sent his servants with the fleet, sailors who knew the sea, along with the servants of Solomon.

New American Standard Bible
And Hiram sent his servants with the fleet, sailors who knew the sea, along with the servants of Solomon.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Hiram sent with the nauie his seruats, that were mariners, and had knowledge of the sea, with the seruants of Salomon.

Legacy Standard Bible
And Hiram sent his servants with the fleet of ships, sailors who knew the sea, along with the servants of Solomon.

Contemporary English Version
King Hiram let some of his experienced sailors go to the country of Ophir with Solomon's own sailors, and they brought back about sixteen tons of gold for Solomon.

Complete Jewish Bible
Hiram sent some of his own servants, experienced sailors who understood the sea, to serve with Shlomo's servants.

Darby Translation
And Hiram sent in the fleet his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon;

Easy-to-Read Version
King Hiram had some skilled sailors who knew the sea well. He sent them to serve in Solomon's navy and work with Solomon's men.

George Lamsa Translation
And Hiram sent his servants in the ship, seamen who had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

Good News Translation
King Hiram sent some experienced sailors from his fleet to serve with Solomon's men.

Lexham English Bible
Hiram sent his servants with the fleet of ships, sailors who knew the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

Literal Translation
And Hiram sent his servants in the navy, shipmen who knew the sea, with the servants of Solomon;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Hiram sent his seruauntes by shippe, which were shipmen, and had experience of the See, with Salomons seruauntes,

American Standard Version
And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

Bible in Basic English
Hiram sent his servants, who were experienced seamen, in the sea-force with Solomon's men.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Hiram sent by shippe also of his seruauntes, that were shipmen and had knowledge of the sea, with the seruauntes of Solomon:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

King James Version (1611)
And Hiram sent in the nauie his seruants, shipmen that had knowledge of the Sea, with the seruants of Solomon.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Chiram sent in the ship together with the servants of Solomon servants of his own, mariners to row, men acquainted with the sea.

English Revised Version
And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

Berean Standard Bible
And Hiram sent his servants, men who knew the sea, to serve in the fleet with Solomon's servants.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Iram sente in that schip hise seruauntis, schipmen, and kunnynge of the see, with the seruauntis of Salomon;

Young's Literal Translation
And Hiram sendeth in the navy his servants, shipmen knowing the sea, with servants of Solomon,

Update Bible Version
And Hiram sent in the navy his slaves, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the slaves of Solomon.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

World English Bible
Hiram sent in the navy his servants, sailors who had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

New King James Version
Then Hiram sent his servants with the fleet, seamen who knew the sea, to work with the servants of Solomon.

New Living Translation
Hiram sent experienced crews of sailors to sail the ships with Solomon's men.

New Life Bible
Hiram sent his servants with the ships, sailors who knew the sea. He sent them with the servants of Solomon.

New Revised Standard
Hiram sent his servants with the fleet, sailors who were familiar with the sea, together with the servants of Solomon.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Hiram sent in the fleet his servants, seamen, having knowledge of the sea, - with the servants of Solomon;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Hiram sent his servants in the fleet, sailors that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

Revised Standard Version
And Hiram sent with the fleet his servants, seamen who were familiar with the sea, together with the servants of Solomon;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And Hiram sent his servants with the fleet, sailors who knew the sea, along with the servants of Solomon.

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ Here are the details concerning the work crews King Solomon conscripted to build the Lord 's temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem, and the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer. ¹⁶ (Pharaoh, king of Egypt, had attacked and captured Gezer. He burned it and killed the Canaanites who lived in the city. He gave it as a wedding present to his daughter, who had married Solomon.) ¹⁷ Solomon built up Gezer, lower Beth Horon, ¹⁸ Baalath, Tadmor in the wilderness, ¹⁹ all the storage cities that belonged to him, and the cities where chariots and horses were kept. He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom. ²⁰ Now several non-Israelite peoples were left in the land after the conquest of Joshua, including the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. ²¹ Their descendants remained in the land (the Israelites were unable to wipe them out completely). Solomon conscripted them for his work crews, and they continue in that role to this very day. ²² Solomon did not assign Israelites to these work crews; the Israelites served as his soldiers, attendants, officers, charioteers, and commanders of his chariot forces. ²³ These men were also in charge of Solomon's work projects; there were a total of 550 men who supervised the workers. ²⁴ Solomon built the terrace as soon as Pharaoh's daughter moved up from the City of David to the palace Solomon built for her.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

his servants: 1 Kings 5:6, 1 Kings 5:9, 1 Kings 22:49, 2 Chronicles 20:36, 2 Chronicles 20:37

Reciprocal: Genesis 46:32 - their trade hath been to feed cattle 1 Kings 10:11 - from Ophir 2 Chronicles 8:17 - Eziongeber 2 Chronicles 8:18 - General 2 Chronicles 9:10 - brought gold Ezekiel 27:8 - wise Acts 27:27 - the shipmen

Cross-References

Genesis 9:9
"Look! I now confirm my covenant with you and your descendants after you

Genesis 9:10
and with every living creature that is with you, including the birds, the domestic animals, and every living creature of the earth with you, all those that came out of the ark with you—every living creature of the earth.

Genesis 9:13
I will place my rainbow in the clouds, and it will become a guarantee of the covenant between me and the earth.

Genesis 9:14
Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,

Isaiah 11:10
At that time a root from Jesse will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, and his residence will be majestic.

Hosea 2:14
However, in the future I will allure her; I will lead her back into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.

Malachi 1:11
For from the east to the west my name will be great among the nations. Incense and pure offerings will be offered in my name everywhere, for my name will be great among the nations," says the Lord who rules over all.

Acts 17:14
Then the brothers sent Paul away to the coast at once, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.

Romans 11:12
Now if their transgression means riches for the world and their defeat means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full restoration bring?

Romans 15:12
And again Isaiah says, " The root of Jesse will come , and the one who rises to rule over the Gentiles , in him will the Gentiles hope ."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Hiram sent in his navy his servants,.... And, according to 2 Chronicles 8:18, ships also but how he could send them from Tyre, which lay in the Mediterranean sea, to the above ports in the Red sea, without going a great way round, is not easy to conceive. Perhaps, as Gussetins conjectures c, Hiram had a port in the Red sea for building and sending out ships, for the sake of his eastern navigation, and from thence he sent them to Solomon's ports in the same sea; but if what R. Japhet d observes is true, that the Red sea is mixed with the sea of Joppa by means of the river Rhinocurura, as is remarked by a learned man e and who approves of the observation, and thinks it does not deserve the censure Dr. Lightfoot f passes on it. If this, I say, can be supported, the difficulty is removed: so Abarbinel asserts g, that a branch of the Nile flows into the Red sea: and another, passing through Alexandria, runs into the Mediterranean sea. This is the first navy of ships we read of; in the construction of which, as well as in the art of navigation, the Tyrians no doubt were greatly assisting to Solomon's servants, and which appears by what follows; and they are said h to be the first that made use of ships; and the invention of ships of burden, or merchant ships, such as these were, is by Pliny i ascribed to Hippus the Tyrian: and the Tyrians were famous for merchandise, which they could not carry on with foreign nations without shipping; see Isaiah 23:8, the servants Hiram sent in Solomon's navy were

shipmen that had knowledge of the sea; of sea coasts and ports, of the manner of guiding and managing ships at sea, and of the whole art of navigation, so far as then known, for which the Tyrians were famous; see Ezekiel 27:3,

with the servants of Solomon; to instruct and assist them in naval affairs, they not having been used thereunto.

c Ebr. Comment p. 628. d In Aben Ezra in Jon. ii. 5. e Texelii Phoenix, l. 3. c. 6. p. 243, 244. f Miscellanies, c. 18. vol. 1. p. 1002, 1003. g Apud Manasseh, Spes Israelis, sect. 2. p. 20. h "Prima ratem ventis credere docta Tyros", Catullus. i Nat. Hist. l. 7. c. 56.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Shipmen - See 1 Kings 5:6 note. With respect to the acquaintance of the Phoenicians with this particular sea, it may be observed that they are not unlikely to have had trading settlements there, as they had in the Persian Gulf, even at this early period. The commerce with Ophir was probably an established trade, previously either in their hands or in those of the Egyptians, when Solomon determined to have a share in it. The Egyptians had navigated the other arm of the Red Sea, and perhaps its lower parts, from a much more ancient period.