◄ 1 Kings 9:26 ►
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Good News Translation
King Solomon also built a fleet of ships at Eziongeber, which is near Elath on the shore of the Gulf of Aqaba, in the land of Edom.

New Revised Standard Version
King Solomon built a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

Contemporary English Version
He also had a lot of ships at Ezion-Geber, a town in Edom near Eloth on the Red Sea.

New American Bible
King Solomon also built a fleet at Ezion-geber, which is near Elath on the shore of the Red Sea in the land of Edom.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And king Solomon made a fleet in Asiongaber, which is by Ailath, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And king Solomon made a fleet in Asiongaber, which is by Ailath, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

made a navy

2 Chronicles 8:12,17,18 Then Solomon offered holocausts to the Lord upon the altar of the Lord which he had built before the porch, . . .

Ezion-geber

1 Kings 22:48 But king Josaphat made navies on the sea, to sail into Ophir for gold: but they could not go, for the ships were broken in Asiongaber.

Numbers 33:35 And departing from Hebrona, they camped in Asiongaber.

Deuteronomy 2:8 And when we had passed by our brethren the children of Esau, that dwelt in Seir, by the way of the plain from Elath and from Asiongaber, we came to the way that leadeth to the desert of Moab.

Eloth

2 Kings 14:22 He built Elath, and restored it to Juda, after that the king slept with his fathers.

shore [heb] lip

Context
Solomon's Numerous Achievements
…25Solomon also offered three times every year holocausts, and victims of peace offerings, upon the altar which he had built to the Lord, and he burnt incense before the Lord: and the temple was finished. 26And king Solomon made a fleet in Asiongaber, which is by Ailath, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.27And Hiram sent his servants in the fleet, sailors that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.…
Cross References
Numbers 33:35
And departing from Hebrona, they camped in Asiongaber.

Deuteronomy 2:8
And when we had passed by our brethren the children of Esau, that dwelt in Seir, by the way of the plain from Elath and from Asiongaber, we came to the way that leadeth to the desert of Moab.

1 Kings 10:22
For the king's navy, once in three years, went with the navy of Hiram by sea to Tharsis, and brought from thence gold, and silver, and elephants' teeth, and apes, and peacocks.

1 Kings 22:48
But king Josaphat made navies on the sea, to sail into Ophir for gold: but they could not go, for the ships were broken in Asiongaber.

2 Kings 14:22
He built Elath, and restored it to Juda, after that the king slept with his fathers.

2 Chronicles 8:17
Then Solomon went to Asiongaber, and to Ailath, on the coast of the Red Sea, which is in the land of Edom.

1 Kings 9:25
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