2nd Chronicles Chapter 8 verse 17 Holy Bible
Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom.
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Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth by the sea in the land of Edom.
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Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom.
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Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side 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.
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Then went Solomon to Ezion Geber, and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom.
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Then hath Solomon gone to Ezion-Geber, and unto Elath, on the border of the sea, in the land of Edom;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 17. - Ezion-geber... Eloth. Parallel, 1 Kings 9:26, which describes the former of these ports as "beside" the latter, "on the Red Sea," i.e. at the extremity of the eastern gulf of the Red Sea, called the Elanitic Gulf by Greeks and Romans, but now the Gulf of Akabah (Numbers 33:35-37; Deuteronomy 2:8; 2 Samuel 8:14; 1 Kings 22:48; 2 Kings 14:22; 2 Kings 16:6; 2 Chronicles 20:36, 37). David's conquest of Edom was the occasion of its coming into the possession of Israel.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(d) THE VOYAGE TO OPHIR (2Chronicles 8:17-18).Comp. 1Kings 9:26-28.(17) Then ('?z).--After the completion of the Temple.Went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth.--Syr., "Ezion-geber, a city which is over against Eloth." 1Kings 9:26 reads, "And a fleet did king Solomon make at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth."The sea.--Kings, the Red Sea. So Vulg. The words of our text do not necessarily imply a personal visit on the part of Solomon. He sent his shipwrights to the Idumean port.
