2 Chronicles 8:17

Then Solomon went away to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, on the coast of the Red Sea, which is in the land of Edom.

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Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.

In Context

16Solomon had all the expenses prepared, from the day on which he founded the house of the Lord, even until the day when he perfected it.

18And Hiram sent to him ships, by the hands of his servants, sailors and skillful navigators of the sea, and they went away with the servants of Solomon to Ophir. And they took from there four hundred fifty talents of gold, and they brought it to king Solomon.

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Cross References

Numbers 33:35And departing from Abronah, they made camp at Eziongeber.

1 Kings 9:26And king Solomon made a navy at Ezion Geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shores of the Red Sea, in the land of Idumea.

2 Kings 14:22He built up Elath, and he restored it to Judah, after which the king slept with his fathers.

2 Chronicles 20:36And he was a partner in the making of ships, which would go to Tarshish. And they made the fleet at Eziongeber.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 8:13-18

Solomon's Devotion. ( b. c. 992.) 12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the Lord on the altar of the Lord , which he had built before the porch, 13 Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. 14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the… Read the whole commentary →

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