1 Kings 9:26

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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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  • 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.

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  • 2 Chr 8:17-18
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    17Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the shore of the sea in the land of Edom.

    18Hiram 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.

  • 1 Kgs 9:27-28
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    27Hiram sent his servants, experienced sailors, who knew the sea, to work with Solomon's servants on the fleet.

    28They went to Ophir, took four hundred and twenty talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 20:36
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    36He partnered with him to build ships to go to Tarshish, and they made the ships in Ezion Geber.

  • 1 Kgs 10:22-23
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    22The king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet. Once every three years, the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

    23King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the kings of the earth.

  • 1 Kgs 22:48
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    48There was no king in Edom; a deputy ruled in place of a king.

  • Song 3:9
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    9King Solomon made himself a carriage from the woods of Lebanon.

  • 1 Kgs 10:10-11
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    10And she gave the king 120 talents of gold, large quantities of spices, and precious stones. Never again were so many spices brought as those which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

    11Moreover, Hiram’s ships, which had brought gold from Ophir, also brought from Ophir a great quantity of almug wood and precious stones.

  • 2 Chr 9:26-28
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    26He ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines and as far as the border of Egypt.

    27The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar as plentiful as sycamore trees in the foothills.

    28Horses were imported for Solomon from Egypt and from all other lands.

  • 2 Chr 9:21-23
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    21The king's ships, operated with Huram’s servants, went to Tarshish once every three years. They brought back gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

    22King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the kings of the earth.

    23All the kings of the earth sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart.

  • 2 Chr 1:16
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    16Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue—the king’s traders bought them from Kue at the market price.

  • 1 Kgs 10:26-28
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    26Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; he had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, which he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

    27The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the lowlands.

    28Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue—the king’s merchants purchased them from Kue at the standard price.

  • 2 Chr 2:16
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    16Then Solomon counted all the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, as his father David had counted them, and they were found to be 153,600.

  • Ezek 27:25
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    25The ships of Tarshish carried your goods as your trading fleet. You were filled with merchandise and became glorious in the heart of the seas.

  • 2 Chr 4:10
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    10He placed the sea basin on the right side, toward the southeast.

  • 2 Chr 9:14
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    14not counting what the merchants and traders brought. All the kings of Arabia and the governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 9:12
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    12King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for, in addition to what she had brought to the king. Then she turned and went back to her own land with her servants.

  • 2 Chr 9:3
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    3When the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon and the house he had built,

  • 1 Kgs 5:13
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    13He spoke about trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of walls. He also spoke about animals, birds, creeping things, and fish.

  • Ezek 27:5
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    5They made all your planks from cypress trees from Senir; they took cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.

  • 2 Chr 9:1
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    1When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon's fame, she came to test Solomon with hard questions in Jerusalem. She arrived with a very large entourage, including camels carrying spices, a great quantity of gold, and precious stones. She came to Solomon and spoke with him about everything that was on her mind.

  • 1 Kgs 9:15
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    15This is the account of the forced labor King Solomon conscripted to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

  • 1 Kgs 9:10
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    10At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon had built the temple of the LORD and the royal palace,

  • Ps 104:26
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    26There the ships go to and fro, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.

  • 2 Chr 1:13
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    13Then Solomon returned from the high place at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting, to Jerusalem, and he reigned over Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 9:17
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    17Then Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon,

  • 2 Chr 9:9-10
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    9Then she gave the king a hundred twenty talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

    10Moreover, the servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, who had brought gold from Ophir, also brought algum wood and precious stones.

  • 1 Kgs 10:13
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    13King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for, in addition to what he had already given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned to her own land with her attendants.

  • Ezek 27:9
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    9The elders of Gebal and its skilled workers repaired your leaks; all the ships of the sea and their sailors came to deal in your trade.

  • 1 Kgs 10:15
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    15This did not include the income from the merchants, traders, and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the land.

  • 1 Kgs 9:25
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    25Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense before the LORD with them, and so he fulfilled the temple obligations.

  • 1 Kgs 10:4
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    4When the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, the palace he had built,

  • 1 Kgs 7:13
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    13King Solomon sent for Hiram from Tyre.

  • 2 Chr 8:9
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    9But Solomon did not make any of the Israelites slaves for his work; instead, they served as soldiers, commanders of his officers, commanders of his chariots, and his cavalry.

  • Ezek 27:7
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    7Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was your sail, serving as your banner; blue and purple fabric from the coastlands of Elishah was your covering.

  • Ps 107:23
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    23Some went down to the sea in ships, doing business on the great waters.

  • 1 Kgs 9:1
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    1When Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and everything he desired to accomplish,

  • 1 Kgs 9:19
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    19along with all the storage cities Solomon had, the cities for his chariots and for his cavalry, and whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his dominion.

  • 1 Kgs 5:9
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    9God gave Solomon wisdom, very great understanding, and vast insight, as expansive as the sand on the seashore.