And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
Ophir - a general name, like the East or West Indies with us, for all the southern regions lying on the African, Arabian, or Indian seas, so far as at that time known. Some consider the name as particularly applicable to Ceylon.
Gold, four hundred and twenty talents - (see the notes at 2 Chronicles 8:18.) At 125 lbs. Troy, or 1,500 ounces to the talent, and 4 British pounds to the ounce, this would make 2,604,000 pound sterling.