OPHIR  , a region celebrated in antiquity for its See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold, which was proverbially See also:

• FINE

fine (See also:

• JOB

Job xxii . 24, See also:

• XXVIII

xxviii . 16; See also:

• PSALMS, BOOK
• PSALMS, BOOK OF, or PSALTER

Psalms xlv . 9; Isa. xiii . 12) . Thence See also:

• SOLOMON, ODES OF
• SOLOMON, PSALMS OF

Solomon's Phoenician sailors brought gold for their See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master (1 See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

Kings ix . 28, x . 11; 2 Chron. viii . 18, ix. ro) ; Ophir gold was stored up among the materials for the See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

Temple (r Chron. xxii . 4) . See also:

• JEHOSHAPHAT (Heb. " Yahweh judges ")

Jehoshaphat, attempting to follow his ancestors.' example, was foiled by the shipwreck of his See also:

• NAVY

navy (r Kings xxii . 48) .

The situation of the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place has been the subject of much controversy . The only indications whereby it can be identified are its connexion, in the See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

geographical table (Gen. x . 29), with Sheba and Havilah, the latter also an auriferous See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country (Gen. ii . II), and the fact that See also:

• SHIPS

ships sailing thither started from Ezion-See also:

• GEBER

Geber at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the Red See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea . It must, therefore, have been somewhere See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south or See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of See also:

• SUEZ

Suez; and must be known to be a gold-bearing region . The suggested See also:

• IDENTIFICATION (Lat. idem, the same)

identification with the See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian See also:

• PUNT (from Lat. ponto, pontoon; connected with pons, bridge)

Punt is in itself disputable, and it would be more helpful if we knew exactly where Punt was (see See also:

• EGYPT

EGYPT) . (I) East See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa.—This has, perhaps, been the favourite theory in See also:

• RECENT

recent years, and it has been widely popularized by the sensational See also:

• WORKS

works of See also:

• THEODORE
• THEODORE (602-690)
• THEODORE (Fedor) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1741–1796)
• THEODORE (Rus. Fedor, or Feodor)

Theodore See also:

• BENT
• BENT (E1. BENI)
• BENT, JAMES THEODORE (1852–1897)

Bent and others, to say nothing of one of Rider See also:

• HAGGARD, HENRY RIDER (1856– )

Haggard's novels . The centre of See also:

• SPECULATION

speculation is a See also:

• GROUP

group of extensive ruins at See also:

• ZIMBABWE

Zimbabwe, in Mashonaland, about 200 M. inland from See also:

• SOFALA

Sofala . Many and See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild words have been written on these imposing remains . But the results of the saner researches of See also:

• RANDALL, SAMUEL JACKSON (1828-189o)

Randall Maclver, announced first at the South Africa See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting of the See also:

• BRITISH

British Association (19o5) and later communicated to the Royal Geographical Society, have robbed these structures of much of their glamour; from being the centres of Phoenician and See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry they have sunk to be See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere magnified kraals, not more than three or four See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred years old . (2) The Far East.—Various writers, following See also:

• JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS (c. 37-C. 95?)

Josephus and the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek version, have placed Ophir in different parts of the Far East . A See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• ARGUMENT

argument in favour of this view is the length of the voyages of Solomon's vessels (three years were occupied in the See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double voyage, going and returning, 1 Kings x .

22) and the nature of the other imports that they brought—" almugtrees " (i.e. probably See also:

• SANDAL (from the Latinized form of Gr. vavb4Atov or vav&aAov: this probably represents the Persian sandal, slipper; it is not to be referred to Gr. stasis, board)

sandal-See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood), See also:

• IVORY (Fr. ivoire, Lat. ebur)
• IVORY, SIR JAMES (1765-1842)

ivory, apes and peacocks . This, however, proves nothing . It is nowhere said that these various imports all came from one place; and the voyages must have been somewhat analogous to those of See also:

• MODERN

modern " See also:

• COASTING

coasting tramps," which would necessarily consume a considerable See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time over comparatively See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short journeys . It has been sought at under the names of ' quinti-clave ' and' See also:

• OPHICLEIDE (Fr. ophicleide, basse d'harmonie; Ger. Ophikleid; Ital. oficleide)

ophicleide, ' they See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear a See also:

• GREAT

great resemblance to those submitted to the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy in the sitting of the 11th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1811 by M . See also:

• DUMAS, ALEXANDRE
• DUMAS, ALEXANDRE [" DUMAS FILS"] (1824-1895)
• DUMAS, GUILLAUME MATHIEU, COUNT (1753-1837)
• DUMAS, JEAN BAPTISTE ANDRE (1800-1884)

Dumas, which he designed under the names of ' See also:

• BASE

base et contrebasse guerrieres.' . . The See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion of our See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission on the quinti-clave and ophicleide is that M . Halary can only claim the merit of an improvement and not that of an entire invention; still, for an equitable See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment on this point, we should compare the one with the other, and this our commission cannot do, not having the See also:

• INSTRUMENTS

instruments of M . Dumas at our disposal." This is what the commission ought to have had, but it would have sufficed had they referred to the See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report of the sittings of 6th and 8th See also:

• APRIL

April, in which it is clearly explained that the instruments presented by M . Dumas were See also:

• BASS
• BASS (the same word as " base," and so pronounced, but influenced in spelling by the Ital. basso)

bass clarinets (Moniteur Universel of 19th April 1811) . ' We designedly omit the use of the word " See also:

• BRASS
• BRASS (O. Eng. braes)

brass " to qualify these instruments . The substance which determines the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a See also:

• COLUMN (Lat. columna)

column of See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air is demonstrably indifferent for the timbre or quality of See also:

• TONE, THEOBALD WOLFE (1763-1798)

tone so See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long as the sides of the tubes are equally elastic and rigid . Abhira, at the mouth of the See also:

• INDUS

Indus (where, however, there is no gold); at Supara, in See also:

• GOA

Goa; and at a certain See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount Ophir in Johore .

(3) See also:

• ARABIA

Arabia.—On the whole the most satisfactory theory is that Ophir was in some See also:

• PART

part of Arabia—whether south or east is disputed, and (with the indications at our disposal) probably cannot be settled . Arabia was known as a gold-producing country to the Phoenicians (Ezek. See also:

• XXVII

xxvii . 22); Sheba certainly, and Havilah probably, are regions of Arabia, and these are coupled with Ophir in See also:

• GENESIS
• GENESIS (Gr. 'ybeo-es, becoming; the term being used in English as a synonym for origin or process of coming into being)

Genesis x.; and the See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the arrival of the navy in i Kings x . 11, is strangely interpolated into the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of the visit of the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen of Sheba, perhaps because there is a closer connexion between the two events than appears at first sight . Historians have been at a loss to know what Solomon could give in See also:

• EXCHANGE

exchange for the gold of Ophir and the costly gifts of the queen of Sheba . Mr K . T . See also:

• FROST (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch, vorst, Ger. Frost, from the common Teutonic verb meaning " to freeze," Dutch, vriezcn, Ger. frieren; the Indo-European root is seen in Lat. pruina, hoar-frost, cf. prurire, to itch, burn, pruna, burning coal, Sans
• FROST, WILLIAM EDWARD (1810–1877)

Frost (Expos . Times, See also:

• JAN

Jan . 19o5) shows that by his command of the See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade routes Solomon was able to See also:

• BALANCE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. bilantia, an apparatus for weighing, from bi, two, and lanx, a dish or scale)

balance Phoenicians and See also:

• SABAEANS

Sabaeans against each other, and that his Ophir gold would be paid for by trade facilities and See also:

• PROTECTION

protection of caravans . (R . A .

S .