And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
Huram sent him ... ships. Either sent him ship-men, able seamen, overland; or, taking the word "sent" in a looser sense, supplied him i:e., built him ships-namely, in docks at Eloth (cf. 1 Kings 9:26-27). This navy of Solomon was manned by Tyrians, because Solomon had no seamen capable of performing distant expeditions. The Hebrew fishermen, whose boats plied on the Sea of the Tiberias, or coasted the shores of the Mediterranean, were not equal to the conducting of large vessels laden with valuable cargoes on long voyages, and through the wide and unfrequented ocean.
Four hundred and fifty talents of gold - (cf. 1 Kings 9:28.) The text in one of these passages is corrupt.