25. Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar that he built to the Lord, and he burned incense on the altar that was before the Lord. So he finished the house.
26. King Solomon built a fleet of ships in Ezion Geber, which is beside Elath on the shore of the Red Sea in the land of Edom.
27. Hiram sent shipmen who had knowledge of the sea to serve alongside Solomon’s men.
28. They went to Ophir and acquired four hundred and twenty talents of gold there and brought it to King Solomon.