25. Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar he had built to the Lord. He also burnt incense to the Lord. And so he finished building the Temple.
26. King Solomon also built a fleet of ships at Eziongeber, which is near Elath, on the shore of the Gulf of Aqaba, in the land of Edom.
27. King Hiram sent some experienced seamen from his fleet to serve with Solomon's men.
28. They sailed to the land of Ophir, and brought back to Solomon more than fourteen tonnes of gold.