2 Chronicles 8:17
Good News Translation
Then Solomon went to Eziongeber and Elath, ports on the shore of the Gulf of Aqaba, in the land of Edom.

New Revised Standard Version
Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and Eloth on the shore of the sea, in the land of Edom.

Contemporary English Version
Solomon went to Ezion-Geber and Eloth, two Edomite towns on the Red Sea.

New American Bible
In those times Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Elath on the seashore of the land of Edom.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Solomon went to Asiongaber, and to Ailath, on the coast of the Red Sea, which is in the land of Edom.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Then Solomon went to Asiongaber, and to Ailath, on the coast of the Red Sea, which is in the land of Edom.

Ezion-geber

2 Chronicles 20:36 And he was partner with him in making ships, to go to Tharsis: and they made the ships in Asiongaber.

Numbers 33:35 And departing from Hebrona, they camped in Asiongaber.

1 Kings 9:26,27 And king Solomon made a fleet in Asiongaber, which is by Ailath, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. . . .

1 Kings 22:48 But king Josaphat made navies on the sea, to sail into Ophir for gold: but they could not go, for the ships were broken in Asiongaber.

Eloth

Deuteronomy 2:8 And when we had passed by our brethren the children of Esau, that dwelt in Seir, by the way of the plain from Elath and from Asiongaber, we came to the way that leadeth to the desert of Moab.

2 Kings 14:22 He built Elath, and restored it to Juda, after that the king slept with his fathers.

2 Kings 16:6 At that time Rasin, king of Syria, restored Aila to Syria, and drove the men of Juda out of Aila: and the Edomites came into Aila, and dwelt there unto this day.

Elath

Context
Solomon's Additional Accomplishments
16Solomon had all charges prepared, from the day that he founded the house of the Lord, until the day wherein he finished it. 17Then Solomon went to Asiongaber, and to Ailath, on the coast of the Red Sea, which is in the land of Edom.18And Hiram sent him ships by the hands of his servants, and skilful mariners, and they went with Solomon's servants to Ophir, and they took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought it to king Solomon.…
Cross References
Numbers 33:35
And departing from Hebrona, they camped in Asiongaber.

1 Kings 9:26
And king Solomon made a fleet in Asiongaber, which is by Ailath, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

2 Kings 14:22
He built Elath, and restored it to Juda, after that the king slept with his fathers.

2 Chronicles 8:16
Solomon had all charges prepared, from the day that he founded the house of the Lord, until the day wherein he finished it.

2 Chronicles 8:16
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