Ezion-gaber (Ezion-geber)

How Nave’s arranged it

• Last encampment of Israel before coming to the "wilderness of Zin,"Numbers 33:35Numbers 33:36Deuteronomy 2:8
• Solomon built a navy at1 Kings 9:26
• Solomon visits2 Chronicles 8:17
• Jehoshaphat built a navy at2 Chronicles 20:36
• Ships of Jehoshaphat wrecked at1 Kings 22:48

The passages, in Bible order (7)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 7 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Numbers 33:35

   They set out from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.

   ›Commentary on Numbers 33:352 voices

   Next they come to Gasiongaber [Ezion-geber], which means "the purposes of a man." If someone ceases to be a child in understanding, he arrives at the purposes of a man, just as Paul, who said, "When I became a man, I gave up childish ways."

   “Ezion-gaber - Dr. Shaw places this port on the western coast of the Elantic gulf of the Red Sea. It is now called Meenah el Dsahab, or the golden port, by the Arabs; because it was from this place that Solomon sent his ships for gold to Ophir, 1Ki 9:26. He supposes it to be about sixty miles distant from Mount Sinai - Travels, p. 322, 4th. edition. Stat. 32.

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2. Numbers 33:36

   They set out from Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.

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   “From there they come again to Sin [Zin]. And again Sin is "temptation." For we said that there is no other way of furthering our embarking upon this journey.

   “Zin, which is Kadesh - A place remarkable for the death of Miriam the prophetess, and bringing water out of the rock. As this place was on the borders of Edom, the Israelites, being denied permission to pass through their land, which lay on the direct road to the promised land, were obliged to turn to the right to Mount Hor, now called Accaba by the Arabs. Stat. 33.

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3. Deuteronomy 2:8

   So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of the Wilderness of Moab.

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   “And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Self,.... Along their coasts, by the borders of their country: through the way of the plain; the wilderness of Zin, where Kadesh was: from Elath and Eziongeber; the two ports on the shore of the Red sea in the land of Edom; it was from the latter they came to Kadesh; see Num 33:

   “Elath (Akaba) is at the northern extremity of the eastern arm of the Red Sea, and gives to that arm the name of the Elanitic Gulf. The name means “trees;” and is still justified by the grove of palm-trees at Akaba.

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4. 1 Kings 9:26

   King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.

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   “And King Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber,.... Which was one of the stations of the Israelites, near the wilderness of Sin, or Paran, Num 33:35, it signifies the backbone of a man; and it is said (w) the ridge of rocks before this port were in that form, covered by the sea at high water, and sticking up with various points in a line when it was low. Josephus says (x) in his time it was called Berenice, which is placed by Mela (y) between the Heroopolitic bay, and the promontory Strobilus, or Pharan.

   “A navy of ships - Literally, אני oni, a ship: in the parallel place, 2Ch 8:17, it is said that Hiram sent him אניות oniyoth, ships; but it does not appear that Solomon in this case built more than one ship, and this was manned principally by the Tyrians.

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5. 1 Kings 22:48

   Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.

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   “Ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold - In the parallel place (2Ch 20:36) it is said that Jehoshaphat joined himself to Ahaziah, to make ships to go to Tharshish; and they made the ships in Ezion-geber. Concerning these places, and the voyage thither, see the notes on 1Ki 9:26-28 (note); 1Ki 10:11 (note), 1Ki 10:22 (note). Some translate, instead of ships of Tharshish, ships of burden. See Houbigant, who expresses himself doubtful as to the meaning of the word.

   “Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish,.... Ships to go to sea, particularly the Indian sea, 1Ki 10:

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6. 2 Chronicles 8:17

   Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the coast of Edom.

   ›Commentary on 2 Chronicles 8:172 voices

   “Then went Solomon to Eziongeber,.... Being now at leisure to look after his navy, to carry on merchandise; and of this, and the following verse, and the reconciliation of them with 1Ki 9:26; see Gill on 1Ki 9:26, 1Ki 9:27, 1Ki 9:28.

   “Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber - See the notes on 1Ki 9:26-28 (note), for conjectures concerning Ezion-geber and Ophir.

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7. 2 Chronicles 20:36

   They agreed to make ships to go to Tarshish, and these were built in Ezion-geber.

   ›Commentary on 2 Chronicles 20:361 voice

   “And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish,.... Of which; see Gill on 1Ki 22:48, and though it is there said, 1Ki 22:49, that Jehoshaphat refused letting the servants of Ahaziah go with his, that was after he had been reproved for joining with him, and after the ships were broken: and they made the ships in Eziongeber; of which see Gill on 1Ki 9:26.

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