2 Chronicles 8:17

Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the coast of Edom.

Berean Standard Bible

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

16Thus all the work of Solomon was carried out, from the day the foundation was laid for the house of the LORD until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed.

18So Hiram sent him ships captained by his servants, along with crews of experienced sailors. They went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir and acquired from there 450 talents of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.

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Cross References

Numbers 33:35They set out from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.

1 Kings 9:26King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.

2 Kings 14:22Azariah was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.

2 Chronicles 20:36They agreed to make ships to go to Tarshish, and these were built in Ezion-geber.

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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