2 Chronicles 8:17 “Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the coast of Edom.”

2 Chronicles 8:17

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Then went Salomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth by the sea side in the lande of Edom.

Darby Translation

Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“Ezion-geber”

2 Chronicles 20:36 Numbers 33:35 1 Kings 22:48 1 Kings 9:26 1 Kings 9:27

2 Chronicles 20:36 · BSB

They agreed to make ships to go to Tarshish, and these were built in Ezion-geber.

Numbers 33:35 · BSB

They set out from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.

1 Kings 22:48 · BSB

Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.

1 Kings 9:26 · BSB

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

1 Kings 9:27 · BSB

And Hiram sent his servants, sailors who knew the sea, to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s servants.

“Eloth”

2 Kings 14:22 Deuteronomy 2:8 2 Kings 16:6

2 Kings 14:22 · BSB

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

Deuteronomy 2:8 · BSB

So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of the Wilderness of Moab.

2 Kings 16:6 · BSB

At that time Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath for Aram, drove out the men of Judah, and sent the Edomites into Elath, where they live to this day.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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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