1 Kings 9:26

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וָאֳנִ֡י עָשָׂה֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה בְּעֶצְיֽוֹן־גֶּ֨בֶר אֲשֶׁ֧ר אֶת־אֵל֛וֹת עַל־שְׂפַ֥ת יַם־ס֖וּף בְּאֶ֥רֶץ אֱדֽוֹם׃

Transliteration

And-ʾŏnî ʿāśāh the-melek šəlōmōh in-ʿeṣyôn-geber which with-ʾēlôt upon-śəpat yam-sûp in-ʾereṣ ʾĕdôm.

Grammar Details

*ʾŏnî*: noun, feminine singular - fleet/ship
*ʿāśāh*: qal perfect 3ms - he made
*melek*: noun, masculine singular with article - the king
*šəlōmōh*: proper noun - Solomon
*ʿeṣyôn*: proper noun - Ezion
*geber*: proper noun - Geber
*ʾēlôt*: proper noun - Eloth
*śəpat*: noun, feminine singular construct - shore of
*yam*: noun, masculine singular construct - sea of
*sûp*: proper noun - Reed
*ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular construct - land of
*ʾĕdôm*: proper noun - Edom

Word Meanings

*ʾŏnî*: fleet/ship(s)/navy
*ʿāśāh*: made/built/established
*ʿeṣyôn-geber*: Ezion-geber (place name)
*yam-sûp*: Red Sea/Sea of Reeds

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 22:48 : 48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.
Num 33:35 : 35 And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Eziongaber.
Deut 2:8 : 8 And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
2 Kgs 14:22 : 22 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
2 Chr 8:11-12 : 11 And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come. 12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,
2 Chr 8:17-18 : 17 Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom. 18 And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.

Similar Verses (AI)

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2 Chr 8:17-18
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17Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.
18And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
1 Kgs 9:27-28
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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 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 Eziongeber.
1 Kgs 10:22-23
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22For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
23So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
1 Kgs 22:48
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48Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.
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9King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
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10And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
11And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.
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26And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
27And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.
28And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
2 Chr 9:21-23
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21For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
22And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
23And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.
2 Chr 1:16
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16And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
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26And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.
27And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.
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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.
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10And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south.
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2 Chr 9:12
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12And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.
2 Chr 9:3
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3And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
1 Kgs 5:13
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13And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
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1And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
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15And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
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26There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
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13Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel.
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17And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether,
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9And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.
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13And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
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9The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.
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25And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.
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4And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built,
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13And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
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