-And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.--And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.--And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.--1 Kings 9-26-28