Ophir
an ancient country celebrated for gold. The ships of Solomon and Hiram, King of Tyre, brought 450 talents of gold to Jerusalem, 1000 в. c. Its position has not been ascertained, and Arabia, India, and Africa are contended for by different authorities. Josephus considers Malacca to be Ophir, and Sir Emerson Tennent supports this view. Purchas says Ceylon. But the discoveries made in 1868 of gold deposits on the E. coast of Africa, and the the remains of the ancient workings, give additional force to the ideas entertained by many that thereabouts was the locality of Ophir.