Jehoshaphat made ships of the Tarshish type to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go, for the ships were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
2 Chronicles 8:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and Eloth on the shore of the sea, in the land of Edom. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the shore of the [Red] Sea in the land of Edom. American Standard Version (1901) Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, on the sea-shore in the land of Edom. Common English Bible Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and Eloth on the coast in the land of Edom. Catholic Public Domain Version Then Solomon went away to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, on the coast of the Red Sea, which is in the land of Edom. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then Solomon went to Asiongaber, and to Ailath, on the coast of the Red Sea, which is in the land of Edom. |
Jehoshaphat made ships of the Tarshish type to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go, for the ships were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
He rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah, after King Amaziah slept with his ancestors.
At that time King Rezin of Aram recovered Elath for Edom and drove the Judeans from Elath, and the Edomites came to Elath, where they live to this day.
He joined him in building ships to go to Tarshish; they built the ships in Ezion-geber.
Thus all the work of Solomon was accomplished, from the day the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid until the house of the Lord was finished completely.
So we passed by our kin, the descendants of Esau who live in Seir, leaving behind the route of the Arabah and leaving behind Elath and Ezion-geber. “When we had headed out along the route of the wilderness of Moab,