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2 Chronicles 8

2 Chron. 8:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thenb went
halak (Hebrew #1980)
a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, + be eased, enter, exercise (self), + follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), + greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, X more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), + send, speedily, spread, still, surely, + tale-bearer, + travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-)faring man, X be weak, whirl.
Pronounce: haw-lak'
Origin: akin to 3212
Solomon
Shlomoh (Hebrew #8010)
peaceful; Shelomah, David's successor
KJV usage: Solomon.
Pronounce: shel-o-mo'
Origin: from 7965
to Ezion-geber
`Etsyown (Hebrew #6100)
backbone-like of a man; Etsjon-Geber, a place on the Red Sea
KJV usage: Ezion-geber.
Pronounce: ets-yone'
Origin: (shorter) {Etsyon Geber, from 6096 and 1397
, and to Eloth
'Eylowth (Hebrew #359)
from 352; trees or a grove (i.e. palms); Eloth or Elath, a place on the Red Sea
KJV usage: Elath, Eloth.
Pronounce: ay-loth'
Origin: or mEylath {ay-lath'}
c, at the sea
yam (Hebrew #3220)
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
side
saphah (Hebrew #8193)
probably from 5595 or 8192 through the idea of termination (compare 5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
KJV usage: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}
in the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
of Edom
'Edom (Hebrew #123)
from 122; red (see Gen. 25:25); Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him
KJV usage: Edom, Edomites, Idumea.
Pronounce: ed-ome'
Origin: or (fully) oEdowm {ed-ome'}
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1 Kings 9:26‑27• 26And 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.
 27And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. (1 Kings 9:26‑27)
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Elath,
Deut. 2:8• 8And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. (Deut. 2:8)
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2 Kings 14:22• 22He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. (2 Kings 14:22)
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Edom,
Eloth,
Ezion-gaber; Ezion-geber,
Sea,
Solomon

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Ezion-geber.
2 Chron. 20:36• 36And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion-geber. (2 Chron. 20:36)
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Num. 33:35• 35And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Ezion-gaber. (Num. 33:35)
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1 Kings 9:26‑27• 26And 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.
 27And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. (1 Kings 9:26‑27)
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1 Kings 22:48• 48Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber. (1 Kings 22:48)
Eloth.
Deut. 2:8• 8And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. (Deut. 2:8)
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2 Kings 14:22• 22He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. (2 Kings 14:22)
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2 Kings 16:6• 6At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day. (2 Kings 16:6)
Elath.
• In 2 Chron. 8:17-18 we once again find the king of Tire's contribution to the splendor of Solomon's reign. It is no longer just a matter of his collaboration in the work of the temple, but one of contributing to the outward opulence of this glorious reign under which gold was esteemed as stones in Jerusalem. (“Solomon's Relations With the Nations: 2 Chronicles 8-9” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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