2 Chronicles 8:17

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

¶ Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.Eloth: also called, Elath

WEB

Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom.

ASV

Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, on the sea-shore in the land of Edom.

LSV

Then Solomon has gone to Ezion-Geber, and to Elath, on the border of the sea, in the land of Edom;

YLT

Then hath Solomon gone to Ezion-Geber, and unto Elath, on the border of the sea, in the land of Edom;

DBY

Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom.

DRC

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

GNV

Then went Salomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth by the sea side in the lande of Edom.

JPS

Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, on the sea-shore in the land of Edom.

LXXE

Then Solomon went to Gasion Gaber, and to Ælath near the sea in the land of Idumea.

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WLC

אָז֩ הָלַ֨ךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה לְעֶצְיֽוֹן־גֶּ֧בֶר וְאֶל־אֵיל֛וֹת עַל־שְׂפַ֥ת הַיָּ֖ם בְּאֶ֥רֶץ אֱדֽוֹם׃

LXX-Br

Τότε ᾤχετο Σαλωμὼν εἰς Γασιὼν Γαβὲρ, καὶ εἰς τὴν Αἰλὰθ τὴν παραθαλασσίαν ἐν γῇ Ἰδουμαίᾳ.

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• 2 Kings 14:22Azariah was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.
• 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 22:48Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
• 1 Kings 9:26–27King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea. And Hiram sent his servants, men who knew the sea, to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s servants.
• Numbers 33:35They set out from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.
• 2 Chronicles 20:36They agreed to make ships to go to Tarshish, and these were built in Ezion-geber.
• 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.

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