2 Chronicles 8:17

Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and then to Elath on the coast, 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

16All the work ordered by Solomon was completed, from the day the foundation of the house of Yahweh was laid until it was finished. The house of Yahweh was completed.

18Hiram sent him ships commanded by his own officers, men who knew the sea, and with the servants of Solomon they went to Ophir and they took from there 450 talents of gold and brought it 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 built a fleet of ships in Ezion Geber, which is near Elath on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

2 Kings 14:22It was Azariah who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah, after King Amaziah slept with his ancestors.

2 Chronicles 20:36He allied himself with him to build ships to go to Tarshish. They built the ships at 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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