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2 Chronicles 8:17
2 Chronicles 8:17 is verse 17 of 2 Chronicles chapter 8, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the coast of Edom.
Eloth is a variant of Elath; see LXX, 2 Kings 14:22, and 2 Kings 16:6.
That is, along the shore of the Red Sea in the land of Edom
King James Version
Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, 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.
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2 Chronicles 8:15–18 · Berean Standard Bible
15 They did not turn aside from the king’s command regarding the priests or the Levites or any matter concerning the treasuries.
16 Thus 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.
17 Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the coast of Edom.
18 So 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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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
2 Chronicles 20:36They agreed to make ships to go to Tarshish, and these were built in Ezion-geber.
Numbers 33:35They set out from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.
1 Kings 9:26King 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 9:27And Hiram sent his servants, men who knew the sea, to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s servants.
1 Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
Deuteronomy 2:8So 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 14:22Azariah was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.
2 Kings 16:6At 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.