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Ezion-Gaber - KJV variant spelling of
Ezion-geber (Numbers 33:35-36 ; Deuteronomy 2:8 ; 2 Chronicles 20:36 ). See
Ezion-geber
Elath - It was significant enough to serve as a point of reference to identify
Ezion-geber, where King Solomon made his naval vessels (1 Kings 9:26 ; compare 2 Chronicles 8:17-18 ). Archaeologists have usually identified Elath as another name for
Ezion-geber and located it at tell el-Kheleifeh. More recent archaeological work has attempted to show that
Ezion-geber was the port city on the island of Jezirat Faraun. See
Ezion-geber
Fleet - Solomon built a fleet of ships at
Ezion-geber with the help of Hiram of Tyre (1 Kings 9:26-27 ; 1Kings 10:11,1 Kings 10:22 ). See
Ezion-geber ; Ships, Sailors, and Navigation
Ezion-Geber -
Ezion-geber was the last stopping place before Kadesh during the wilderness wandering (Numbers 33:35-36 ). ...
Three sites have been identified with
Ezion-geber. Others locate
Ezion-geber at Tell el-Kheleifeh, a site about 500 yards from the coast. Frequent flooding of the Wadi Ytem may have washed away archeological evidence necessary for identification of
Ezion-geber. Still others connect
Ezion-geber with a site on the island of Jezira Fara'un about 300 yards from the shore at Eilat
Ezion-Geber -
Ezion-geber was the last stopping place before Kadesh during the wilderness wandering (Numbers 33:35-36 ). Three sites have been identified with
Ezion-geber. Others locate
Ezion-geber at Tell el-Kheleifeh, a site about 500 yards from the coast. Frequent flooding of the Wadi Ytem may have washed away archeological evidence necessary for identification of
Ezion-geber. Still others connect
Ezion-geber with a site on the island of Jezira Fara'un about 300 yards from the shore at Eilat
Ebro'Nah - (passage ), one of the halting-places of the Israelites in the desert, immediately preceding
Ezion-geber
Refine - See Crucible ;
Ezion-geber ; Furnace ; Minerals and Metals ; Mines and Mining
Ezion-Geber -
Ezion-geber (along with its twin town Elath, or Eloth) was situated on the northern tip of the Gulf of Aqabah, the north-eastern arm of the Red Sea. This meant that the nation that controlled
Ezion-geber controlled much of the trade in the region (1 Kings 9:27-28; 1 Kings 10:22). (For fuller details of
Ezion-geber’s significance see EDOM
Abronah - Its location is not known, but it is apparently close to
Ezion-geber at the northern tip of the Gulf of Aqaba
Paran - It was located south of Kadesh-barnea and west of
Ezion-geber
Elath - It is also mentioned along with
Ezion-geber in 1 Kings 9:26
Elath - arm of the Red Sea, near
Ezion-geber
Edom - The other important population centres of Edom were the twin towns of
Ezion-geber and Elath on the Gulf of Aqabah (Deuteronomy 2:8; 2 Chronicles 8:17). From
Ezion-geber it went north over the mountainous plateau on the east of the Arabah to Moab, Ammon and Syria. Solomon in turn established a fleet of ocean-going ships at
Ezion-geber. ...
The strategic and economic importance of
Ezion-geber and Elath was one cause of later conflicts between Judah and Edom. Under Amaziah, Judah conquered the mountain regions of Edom, and under Azariah it took control of
Ezion-geber (2 Kings 14:7; 2 Kings 14:22). Judah lost
Ezion-geber to Edom in the reign of Ahaz and never regained it (2 Kings 16:6)
Hazeroth - Some geographers would locate it at moder ain Khadra, south of
Ezion-geber
e'Lath, e'Loth - (a grove ), the name of a town of the land of Edom, commonly mentioned with
Ezion-geber, and situated at the head of the Arabian Gulf, which was thence called the Elanitic Gulf
Ships - Solomon constructed a navy at
Ezion-geber by the assistance of Hiram's sailors (1 Kings 9:26-28 ; 2 Chronicles 8:18 )
Tarshish - The LXX translate Tarshish sometimes by "the sea;" and the Scripture gives the names of ships of Tarshish to those that were fitted out at
Ezion-geber, on the Red Sea, and which sailed upon the ocean, as well as to those that were fitted out at Joppa, and in the ports of the Mediterranean. Therefore, when we see ships fitted out upon the Red Sea, or at
Ezion-geber, in order to go to Tarshish, we must conclude one of these two things, either that there were two countries called Tarshish, one upon the ocean, and another upon the Mediterranean, or that ships of Tarshish in general signifies nothing else but ships able to bear a long voyage; large merchant ships, in opposition to the small craft intended for a home trade in navigable rivers
Elath, Eloth - First mentioned in the wanderings of the Israelites; it was afterwards included in the dominion of Solomon, near to which, at
Ezion-geber, he had a navy of ships
Edom - Its principal towns were Bozrah, Elath, Maon,
Ezion-geber, Selah or Petra
Ezion-Geber - It is supposed that anciently the north end of the gulf flowed further into the country than now, as far as 'Ain el-Ghudyan, which Isaiah 10 miles up the dry bed of the Arabah, and that
Ezion-geber may have been there
Tarshish, Tharshish - But other passages refer to apes and peacocks, also being brought by ships of Tarshish, and these are associated with
Ezion-geber, on the Gulf of Akaba, a branch of the Red Sea
Elath - The Edomites being subdued, 2 Samuel 8:14, David took possession of Elath or Eloth: and after him Solomon, whose fleet sailed from the neighboring town
Ezion-geber to Ophir
Jehosh'Aphat - (2 Chronicles 19:2 ) He built at
Ezion-geber, with the help of Ahaziah, a navy designed to go to Tarshish; but it was wrecked at
Ezion-geber
Elath - The modern Arabian town of Akaba stands upon or near the site either of Elath or
Ezion-geber; which of the two it is impossible to determine, as both ports, standing at the head of the gulf, were probably separated from each other by a creek or small bay only
Ophir - The only passages which give us any information as to the location of Ophir are 1 Kings 9:26-28 10:11,22 22:48 , with the parallel passages in 2 Chronicles 8:18 9:10,21 20:36,37 ; from which it appears that the so called "ships of Tarshish" went to Ophir; that these ships sailed from
Ezion-geber, a port of the Red Sea; that a voyage was made once in three years; that the fleet returned freighted with gold, peacocks, apes, spices, ivory, algumwood, and ebony
Tarshish - Solomon's (1 Kings 10:22 ; 2 Chronicles 9:21 ) and Jehoshaphat's (1 Kings 22:48 ; 2 Chronicles 20:36 ) fleets were based at
Ezion-geber on the Red Sea
Kadesh-Barnea - The true situation of Kadesh is ascertained beyond a doubt, from its lying between Mount Hor and
Ezion-geber, on the Elanitic Gulf, Numbers 33:35-37
Seir - ...
SEIR, MOUNT, a mountainous tract, extending from the southern extremity of the Dead Sea, to the Gulf of Acaba, or
Ezion-geber. and so to "compass the land of Edom by the way of the Red Sea," that is, to descend to its southern extremity at
Ezion-geber, as they could not penetrate it higher up
Tarshish - Whether the ships fitted out by Solomon at
Ezion-geber on the Red sea, sailed around Africa to Tarshish in Spain, or gave the name of Tarshish to some place in India of Ethiopia, as the discovers of America gave it the eastern names India and Indians, cannot now be determined, 1 Kings 10:22 22:48,49 2 Chronicles 9:21 20:26 Isaiah 23:1,14 60:9
Tar'Shish - Thus, with regard to the ships of Tarshish, which Jehoshaphat caused to be constructed at
Ezion-geber on the Elanitic Gulf of the Red Sea, (1 Kings 22:48 ) it is said in the Chronicles, (2 Chronicles 20:36 ) that they were made to go to Tarshish; and in like manner the navy of ships, which Solomon had previously made in
Ezion-geber, (1 Kings 9:26 ) is said in the Chronicles, (2 Chronicles 9:21 ) to have gone to Tarshish with the servants of Hiram
Red Sea - Only two ports, Elath and
Ezion-geber, are mentioned in the Bible. " Three centuries later, Solomon's navy was built "in
Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea (Yam Suph), in the land of Edom. " ( 1 Kings 9:20 ) The kingdom of Solomon extended as far as the Red Sea, upon which he possessed the harbors of Elath and
Ezion-geber. [ELATH ;
Ezion-geber] It is possible that the sea has retired here as at Suez, and that
Ezion-geber is now dry land. Jehoshaphat also "made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold; but they went not; for the ships were broken at
Ezion-geber
Solomon - Solomon also established a navy of snips at the port of
Ezion-geber, on the Red Sea
Edom - Thus we read that Solomon built a fleet of ships at
Ezion-geber and sent them to distant places for exotic goods. This would have involved Edomite attacks on Solomon's caravans which passed through traditionally Edomite territory from
Ezion-geber to Jerusalem (1 Kings 11:14-22 ). Once again we read of a Judean attempt (unsuccessful this time) to undertake a shipping venture from
Ezion-geber (1 Kings 22:47-50 )
Tarshish (1) - The name is used of the ships of Jehoshaphat and Abaziah, which sailed for Ophir from
Ezion-geber ( 1 Kings 22:48 , 2 Chronicles 20:36 )
Ophir - It has been disputed whether South or East Arabia was the true Ophir; the only datum is the length of the voyage thither from
Ezion-geber eighteen months, as the double voyage took three years ( 1 Kings 10:22 )
o'Phir - In five passages Ophir is mentioned by name - (1 Kings 9:28 ; 10:11 ; 22:18 ; 2 Chronicles 8:18 ; 9:10 ) If the three passages of the book of Kings are carefully examined, it will be seen that all the information given respecting Ophir is that it was a place or region accessible by sea from
Ezion-geber on the Red Sea, from which imports of gold, almug trees and precious stones were brought back by the Tyrian and Hebrew sailors
Red Sea - At the harbour of
Ezion-geber (near to, or perhaps the same as, Elath), at its northern end, Solomon built his navy, with the help of PhÅnician seamen ( 1 Kings 9:26 ), and sent out expeditions to India
Red Sea - In the prosperous reign of Solomon he "made a navy of ships" at
Ezion-geber and Elath, which were ports at the head of the Gulf of Akabah
Ahaz - Ahaz suffered further losses at the hands of invading Edomites and Philistines, and lost control of the important Red Sea port of Elath (
Ezion-geber) (2 Kings 16:6; 2 Chronicles 28:17-18)
Ship - ...
In the time of the Israelite monarchy, King Hiram of Phoenicia and King Solomon of Israel established a fleet of ships to operate between the Red Sea port of
Ezion-geber and India
Hiram - Hiram sent also in the navy expert shipmen to Ophir from
Ezion-geber, with Solomon's servants; and a navy
Tadmor - Solomon was at great pains to secure himself in the possession of the ports of Elath and
Ezion-geber on the Red Sea, and to establish a navy for his Indian commerce, or trade to Ophir,—in all ages the great source of wealth
Wanderings in the Wilderness - A later reference to the distance between Mount Sinai (Horeb) and Kadesh-barnea (Deuteronomy 1:2 ) seems to suggest that the early itinerary took them basically along the major trade route used by the Amalekites between modern Suez at the northern end of the Gulf of Suez and the northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba (Elath and
Ezion-geber) and then northward into the extensive clustering of oases at Kadesh that would become their tribal center and the location of the tabernacle during the next 38 years
Red Sea - The western arm is the Gulf of Suez (Numbers 33:10) and the eastern arm the Gulf of Aqabah (Numbers 14:25; Numbers 21:4; 1 Kings 9:26; see also
Ezion-geber)
Canaan, Land of - This is not so far south as the country over which Solomon had dominion, which extended to
Ezion-geber on the gulf of Akaba
Transportation And Travel - As a result, an additional journey overland was required to transport agricultural and other trade goods to and from the ports of
Ezion-geber (1 Kings 9:26-28 ) on the Red Sea and the Phoenician ports of Tyre and Sidon to the cities of Israel. For instance, king Jehoshaphat of Judah rejected further attempts to obtain gold from Ophir after his first fleet of ships was sunk off
Ezion-geber (1 Kings 22:48-49 )
Solomon - Goods from the Mediterranean were collected at Hiram’s port of Tyre, carried overland to Israel’s Red Sea port of
Ezion-geber, then shipped east (1 Kings 9:26-28; 1 Kings 10:22; for map see PHOENICIA)
Ships And Boats - They were stationed at
Ezion-geber , at the head of the Gulf of Akabah, and traded with Ophir, probably in the southeast of Arabia, in gold and precious stones ( 1 Kings 9:26-28 ). ...
The conflict between the Northern and Southern Kingdoms after Solomon’s death put a stop to the commercial activities of the Jews, and there does not appear to have been any attempt to revive them till the time of Jehoshaphat, whose fleet of ships made for trading for gold to Ophir was wrecked at
Ezion-geber
Solomon - He fitted out a fleet at
Ezion-geber, and at Elath, on the Red Sea, to go to Ophir
Canaan - On the south it included Edom, and reached the Red sea at
Ezion-geber
Commerce - The Aqaba port of Elath (
Ezion-geber) served the needs of the court of Solomon and subsequent kings as well
Numbers, Book of - ] contain places on the northward march from
Ezion-geber on the Gulf of Akabah; Deuteronomy 10:6-9 gives the previous march southward from Kadesh
Solomon - , and, above all, access to the port of
Ezion-geber on the Red Sea, made possible by his suzerainty over Edom
Economic Life -
Ezion-geber, a port on the Red Sea, was acquired from the Edomites and serviced a fleet of ships bringing gold from Ophir and rare woods and other luxury items to the royal court (1 Kings 9:26 ; 1 Kings 10:11-12 )
Trade And Commerce - If it was obtained in exchange for commodities, we must suppose either that the latter were identical with those of which we afterwards read in Ezekiel, or that the commodities to be exchanged were all supplied by the Phœnicians, the service by which the Israelites earned their share being that of giving the former access to the harbour of
Ezion-geber
Jerusalem - It was resorted to at the festivals by the whole population of the country; and the power and commercial spirit of Solomon, improving the advantages acquired by his father David, centred in it most of the eastern trade, both by sea, through the ports of Elath and
Ezion-geber, and over land, by the way of Tadmor or Palmyra