¹⁷ Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth by the sea in the land of Edom.

²² He was the builder of Elath, which he got back for Judah after the death of the king.

⁸ So we went on past our brothers, the children of Esau, living in Seir, by the road through the Arabah, from Elath and Ezion-geber. And turning, we went by the road through the waste land of Moab.

³⁵ And they went on from Abronah, and put up their tents in Ezion-geber.

²⁶ And King Solomon made a sea-force of ships in Ezion-geber, by Eloth, on the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

²⁷ Hiram sent his servants, who were experienced seamen, in the sea-force with Solomon's men.

⁴⁸ And the representative of King Jehoshaphat made a Tarshish-ship to go to Ophir for gold, but it did not go, because it was broken at Ezion-geber.

⁶ At that time the king of Edom got Elath back for Edom, and sent the Jews out of Elath; and the Edomites came back to Elath where they are living to this day.

³⁶ Together they made ships to go to Tarshish, building them in Ezion-geber.