📌Ophir

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Ophir is a region mentioned in the Old Testament, particularly noted as a place rich in gold.

Son of Joktan

Eber, the great-grandson of Shem, begot Peleg and Joktan. Among them, Peleg later became an ancestor of Abraham. And Ophir is the son of Joktan, another descendant of Shem.

Gen 10:29Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.

It is presumed that the region where they settled was rich in gold.

A man of the Ishmaelite tribe

He was the person who managed the king's camels during the time of King David.

1 Chr 27:30Over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite; over the donkeys was Jehdeiah the Meronothite; and over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagrite.

City of Gold

During the reign of King Solomon, 430 talents of gold were obtained from this place, which is an enormous amount, approximately 16 tons. Given that not only gold but also many precious stones were brought, it can be inferred that it was a region rich in precious metal minerals.

1 Kgs 9:28They went to Ophir and obtained from there four hundred and twenty talents of gold, which they brought to King Solomon.
1 Kgs 10:11(The ships of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, also brought from Ophir a great quantity of almug wood and precious stones.

Furthermore, in various scriptures, it is often used to refer to a very wealthy region, or material wealth itself.

Job 22:24and assign your gold to the dust, and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the torrent bed,
Job 28:16It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
Isa 13:12I will make people scarcer than pure gold, and mankind scarcer than the gold of Ophir.

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