1-kings 9:27
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Hiram sent his servants, who were experienced seamen, in the sea-force with Solomon's men.
Webster's Revision
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.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
Definitions for 1-kings 9:27
Barnes's 1-kings 9:27 Bible Commentary
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.
Wesley's 1-kings 9:27 Bible Commentary
9:27 Knowledge of the sea - For which the Tyrians were famous.He sent also ships to join with Solomon's, not from Tyre, the cityof Phoenicia; but from an island in the Red - sea, called Tyre,because it was a colony of the Tyrians, as Strabo notes.