Verse 17

Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and to Elat on the coast in the land of Edom.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 14:22 : 22 Azariah built up Elat and restored it to Judah after the king had passed away.
• Deut 2:8 : 8 So we turned away from our relatives the descendants of Esau, the inhabitants of Seir, turning from the route of the rift valley which comes up from Elat and Ezion Geber, and traveling the way of the wilderness of Moab.
• 1 Kgs 9:26-27 : 26 King Solomon also built ships in Ezion Geber, which is located near Elat in the land of Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea. 27 Hiram sent his fleet and some of his sailors, who were well acquainted with the sea, to serve with Solomon’s men.
• 1 Kgs 22:48 : 48 Jehoshaphat built a fleet of large merchant ships to travel to Ophir for gold, but they never made the voyage because they were shipwrecked in Ezion Geber.
• 2 Kgs 16:6 : 6 (At that time King Rezin of Syria recovered Elat for Syria; he drove the Judahites from there. Syrians arrived in Elat and live there to this very day.)
• 2 Chr 20:36 : 36 They agreed to make large seagoing merchant ships; they built the ships in Ezion Geber.
• Num 33:35 : 35 They traveled from Abronah and camped at Ezion Geber.