2 Chronicles 8:17

Then Solomon has gone to Ezion-Geber, and to Elath, on the border of the sea, in the land of Edom;

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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

16And all the work of Solomon is prepared until the day of the foundation of the house of YHWH, and until its completion; the house of YHWH is perfect.

18and Huram sends to him, by the hand of his servants, ships and servants knowing the sea, and they go with servants of Solomon to Ophir, and take four hundred and fifty talents of gold from there, and bring it to King Solomon.

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Cross References

Numbers 33:35And they journey from Ebronah and encamp in Ezion-Gaber.

1 Kings 9:26And King Solomon has made a navy in Ezion-Geber, that is beside Eloth, on the edge of the Sea of Suph, in the land of Edom.

2 Kings 14:22he has built Elath, and brings it back to Judah, after the lying of the king with his fathers.

2 Chronicles 20:36and he joins him with himself to make ships to go to Tarshish, and they make ships 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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