2 Chronicles 8:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side 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 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.
1 Kgs 9:26-27 : 26 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. 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 Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.
2 Kgs 16:6 : 6 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave 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 Eziongeber.
Num 33:35 : 35 And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Eziongaber.

Similar Verses (AI)

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1 Kgs 9:26-28
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26And 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.
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 went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
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36And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongeber.
2 Chr 8:16
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16Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected.
2 Chr 8:1-3
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1And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,
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1 Kgs 22:48
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1 Kgs 11:1
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