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 brothers the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion Geber. We turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
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. Hiram sent in the navy his servants, sailors who had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they didn't go; 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,