Verse 26

King Solomon also built a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, near Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea in the land of Edom.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 22:48 : 48 There was no king in Edom; a deputy ruled in place of a king.
  • Num 33:35 : 35 They departed from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.
  • Deut 2:8 : 8 So we passed by our relatives, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir, and we turned from the road through the Arabah, bypassing Elath and Ezion-geber. Then we moved on and journeyed along the wilderness road of Moab.
  • 2 Kgs 14:22 : 22 He built Elath and restored it to Judah after the king rested with his ancestors.
  • 2 Chr 8:11-12 : 11 Solomon brought Pharaoh’s daughter up from the City of David to the house he had built for her, for he said, 'My wife must not live in the palace of King David of Israel, because the places have become holy where the ark of the Lord has entered.' 12 At that time Solomon offered burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar of the Lord that he had constructed in front of the portico.
  • 2 Chr 8:17-18 : 17 Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the shore of the sea in the land of Edom. 18 Hiram sent him ships and servants skilled in sailing by the hands of his own servants. They went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir, where they brought back 450 talents of gold and delivered it to King Solomon.