What Does 1 Kings 9:28 Mean in the King James?
And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The same Hebrew root says the sailors “came” to Ophir and “brought” its gold to Solomon: the gold’s arrival completes their own.
THE MEANING
Here, value takes shape through movement: what lies far away is sought, carried, and placed before the king. The gold is not only a measured quantity; it is distance closed and something brought into the ruler’s presence.
THE ROOT
וַיָּבֹאוּ
wayyavo'u
GROWS FROM
בוא
To come, enter, or arrive; in a causative form, to bring or cause to arrive.
“came / brought” in this verse is wayyavo'u. The Hebrew uses the same root for the sailors’ coming to Ophir and their bringing the gold to Solomon. English gives the actions different words, while Hebrew links them as one movement: arrival that carries something onward.
ALSO GROWS
bo: Come, enter, arrive.
בּוֹא
This is the root’s basic movement: the sailors arrive at Ophir.
hevi: Bring, cause to arrive.
הֵבִיא
This causative form carries the arrival forward, bringing the gold to the king.
THE PATTERN
Gifts from far away become signs of recognition when they arrive before a king.
The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.THE THREAD
Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.“Brought” here shares the root בוא (bo, come or arrive) with the sailors’ bringing gold to Solomon. The same movement can carry treasure to a king or bring people into God’s own presence.
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