2 Chronicles 8:17

Then Solomon went to Asiongaber, and to Ailath, on the coast of the Red Sea, which is in the land of Edom.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16Solomon had all charges prepared, from the day that he founded the house of the Lord, until the day wherein he finished it.

18And Hiram sent him ships by the hands of his servants, and skilful mariners, and they went with Solomon's servants to Ophir, and they took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought it to king Solomon.

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Cross References

Numbers 33:35And departing from Hebrona, they camped in Asiongaber.

1 Kings 9:26And king Solomon made a fleet in Asiongaber, which is by Ailath on the shore of the Red Sea in the land of Edom.

2 Kings 14:22He built Elath, and restored it to Juda, after that the king slept with his fathers.

2 Chronicles 20:36And he was partner with him in making ships, to go to Tharsis: and they made the ships in Asiongaber.

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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