Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and Eloth on the shore of the sea, in the land of Edom.
He built Elath and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.
So we went on, away from our brothers, the people of Esau, who live in Seir, away from the Arabah road from Elath and Ezion-geber. “And we turned and went in the direction of the wilderness of Moab.
He joined him in building ships to go to Tarshish, and they built the ships in Ezion-geber.
At that time Rezin the king of Syria recovered Elath for Syria and drove the men of Judah from Elath, and the Edomites came to Elath, where they dwell to this day.
Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go, for the ships were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
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. And Hiram sent with the fleet his servants, seamen who were familiar with the sea, together with the servants of Solomon.
And they set out from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.
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