KingSolomonalso builta fleetof shipsin Ezion-geber,whichis nearElothon the shoreof the RedSea,in the landof Edom.
For the kinghad at seathe shipsof Tarshishwith the shipsof Hiram;onceevery threeyearsthe shipsof Tarshishcamebringinggoldand silver,ivoryand apesand peacocks.
Jehoshaphatmadeshipsof Tarshishto goto Ophirfor gold,but they did not gofor the shipswere brokenat Ezion-geber.
ThenAhaziahthe sonof Ahabsaidto Jehoshaphat,"Let my servantsgowith your servantsin the ships."But Jehoshaphatwas not willing.
He builtElathand restoredit to Judahafterthe kingsleptwith his fathers.
She is like merchantships;She bringsher foodfrom afar.
They journeyedfrom Abronahand campedat Ezion-geber.
"So we passedbeyondour brothersthe sonsof Esau,who livein Seir,awayfrom the Arabahroad,awayfrom Elathand from Ezion-geber.And we turnedand passedthroughby the wayof the wildernessof Moab.
