1 Kings 9:27-28 says:
2 Chronicles 8:18 says:
There is no contradiction because Hiram's ships brought gold from Ophir to Solomon on multiple occasions. 1 Kings 10:11 says, "And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones." (see also 2 Chronicles 9:10). 1 Chronicles 29:4 says, "Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal:" If each shipload of gold was about 420 to 450 talents, then there must have been about 7 trips from Ophir to make up for the 3000 talents of "the gold of Ophir" used for the temple. |