2 Chronicles 8:17

Then went Sh'lomo to Etzyon-Gever, and to Eilot, on the seacoast of Eretz Edom. + 8:17 T.N. See Ep 2:20 in connection with the musad (foundation in 2Chr 8:16 ) where the OJBC speaks about Shluchim and Nevi'im and Moshiach as the Rosh Pinah

Orthodox Jewish 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

16Now all the work of Sh'lomo was carried out from the yom musad (day of the foundation) of the Beis Hashem until its completion. So the Beis Hashem was perfected.

18And Churam sent him by the hands of his avadim oniyot, and avadim that were experienced seamen; and they went with the avadim of Sh'lomo to Ophir, and took from there four hundred and fifty talents of zahav, and brought them to Sh'lomo HaMelech.

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Cross References

Numbers 33:35And they set out from Avronah, and encamped at Etzyon-Gever.

1 Kings 9:26And HaMelech Sh'lomo built a fleet of oniyyot in Etzyon-Gever, which is near Eilot, on the shore of the Yam Suf, in Eretz Edom.

2 Kings 14:22He rebuilt Eilat, restored it to Yehudah; after that HaMelech slept with his avot.

2 Chronicles 20:36And he joined himself with him to make oniyot (ships) to go to Tarshish, and they made the oniyot in Etzyon-Gever.

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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