17 Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom.
He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
So we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion-geber. And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
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Commentary on 2 Chronicles 8 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 8
In this chapter we are told,
2Ch 8:1-11
This we had 1 Ki. 9:10-24, and therefore shall only observe here,
2Ch 8:12-18
Here is,