2 Chronicles 8:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, on the {H3220} seashore in the land of Edom.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָז֩ הָלַ֨ךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה לְעֶצְיֽוֹן־גֶּ֧בֶר וְאֶל־אֵיל֛וֹת עַל־שְׂפַ֥ת הַיָּ֖ם בְּאֶ֥רֶץ אֱדֽוֹם׃

Transliteration

Then hālak šəlōmōh lə-ʿeṣyôn-geber wə-ʾel-ʾêlôt ʿal-śəpat ha-yām bə-ʾereṣ ʾĕdôm

Grammar Details

*hālak*: qal perfect 3ms - went
*šəlōmōh*: proper noun ms - Solomon
*lə-ʿeṣyôn-geber*: preposition + proper noun compound - to Ezion-geber
*wə-ʾel*: conjunction + preposition - and to
*ʾêlôt*: proper noun - Eloth/Elath
*ʿal*: preposition - upon
*śəpat*: noun fs construct - shore of
*ha-yām*: definite article + noun ms - the sea
*bə-ʾereṣ*: preposition + noun fs construct - in land of
*ʾĕdôm*: proper noun - Edom

Word Meanings

*ʿeṣyôn-geber*: Ezion-geber (place name)
*ʾêlôt*: Eloth/Elath (place name)
*śəpat*: shore/lip/edge
*yām*: sea/west
*ʾĕdôm*: Edom (place name)

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 14:22 : 22 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
Deut 2:8 : 8 So we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion-geber. And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
1 Kgs 9:26-27 : 26 And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. 27 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
1 Kgs 22:48 : 48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
2 Kgs 16:6 : 6 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drove the Jews from Elath; and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there, unto this day.
2 Chr 20:36 : 36 and he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish; and they made the ships in Ezion-geber.
Num 33:35 : 35 And they journeyed from Abronah, and encamped in Ezion-geber.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

1 Kgs 9:26-28
3 verses
86%
26And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
27And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
28And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
2 Chr 8:18
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18And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched from thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
2 Chr 20:36
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36and he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish; and they made the ships in Ezion-geber.
2 Chr 8:16
72%
16Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of Jehovah, and until it was finished. [So] the house of Jehovah was completed.
2 Chr 8:1-3
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72%
1And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of Jehovah, and his own house,
2that the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
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2 Chr 1:13
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13So Solomon came from the high place that was at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting, unto Jerusalem; and he reigned over Israel.
2 Chr 8:6
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6and Baalath, and all the store - cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
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17And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,
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10And he set the sea on the right side [of the house] eastward, toward the south.
1 Kgs 22:48
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48Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
2 Chr 7:8
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8So Solomon held the feast at that time seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath unto the brook of Egypt.
1 Kgs 10:22-24
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22For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram: once every three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
23So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
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22So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
2 Kgs 3:8
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8And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way of the wilderness of Edom.
2 Chr 9:14
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14besides that which the traders and merchants brought: and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
2 Chr 9:28
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28And they brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
1 Kgs 8:65
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65So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath unto the brook of Egypt, before Jehovah our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
2 Chr 9:12
68%
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1 Kgs 7:13
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13And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
Deut 2:8
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8So we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion-geber. And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
1 Kgs 10:11
68%
11And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug - trees and precious stones.
1 Kgs 9:15
68%
15And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised, to build the house of Jehovah, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
2 Chr 2:16
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16and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need; and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.
1 Kgs 11:1
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1Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites;
Num 33:35
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2 Sam 8:12
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1 Kgs 10:13
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13And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.
1 Kgs 5:15
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15And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains;
1 Kgs 9:10
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10And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Jehovah and the king's house
1 Kgs 10:4
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4And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
1 Kgs 8:1
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1Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' [houses] of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the city of David, which is Zion.
1 Kgs 11:14-15
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67%
14And Jehovah raised up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.
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1 Kgs 9:1
67%
1And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of Jehovah, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,
Song 3:9
67%
9King Solomon made himself a palanquin Of the wood of Lebanon.
2 Chr 9:1
67%
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2 Chr 1:2
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2 Chr 9:26
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2 Kgs 8:21
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2 Chr 7:11
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2 Chr 1:16
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2And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
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