¹⁷ Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom.

²² He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

⁸ So we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion-geber. And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

³⁵ And they journeyed from Abronah, and encamped in Ezion-geber.

²⁶ And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

²⁷ And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

⁴⁸ Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.

⁶ At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drove the Jews from Elath; and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there, unto this day.

³⁶ and he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish; and they made the ships in Ezion-geber.