2 Chronicles 8:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the coast of Edom.”
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“Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the coast of Edom.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Then went Solomon to Ezion–geber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, on the sea-shore in the land of Edom.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Then hath Solomon gone to Ezion-Geber, and unto Elath, on the border of the sea, in the land of Edom;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Chronicles 8:17 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 33:35They set out from Abronah and camped 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.
- 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 22:48Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
- 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.
- 2 Chronicles 20:36They agreed to make ships to go to Tarshish, and these were built in Ezion-geber.
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