 | Cook Thomas and son, ltd - 1876 - 390 pages
...Kings ix. 26 we read that " 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." In chap, xxii. 48, we read that " Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold ; but... | |
 | Sir Richard Francis Burton - 1878 - 466 pages
...tail-point. blade," the old ship-building port, must be sought to the north,* "beside Eloth (El-Akabah) on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom." Schubert would place it on the islet Kurayyah, a rock some 300 yards long. Dean Stanley (" Sinai,"... | |
 | George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood - 1878 - 194 pages
...Kings, ix. 26-28 :—" And Kins 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 ; and Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants... | |
 | Yohanan Aharoni - 1979 - 500 pages
...at the centre of the Gulf of Elath that has been identified with "Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom" (1 Kings 9. 26). IV. THE TRANSJORDANI AN HIGHLANDS In Transjordan the shape of a genuine mountain tableland,... | |
 | Levi Soshuk, Azriel Louis Eisenberg - 1984 - 482 pages
...economic importance. "And King Solomon built a navy of ships in Ezion-Geber which is beside Eilath on the shore of the Red Sea in the land of Edom" (I Kings 9-26). And so also King Ahab and his successors had political interests here. Not to mention... | |
 | Zondervan - 1984 - 940 pages
...finished the house. 26 T And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which ¡s beside Eloth, eth round about them that fear him, and deliveret 27 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants... | |
 | A. Graeme Auld - 1986 - 278 pages
...So he finished the house. :flKing Solomon built a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber. which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. 27And Hiram sent with the fleet his servants, seamen who were familiar with the sea. together with... | |
 | David Hatcher Childress - 1989 - 428 pages
...In the Bible, we are told: King Solomon made a fleet of ships in Ezion-Geber, which is beside Eilat on the shore of the Red Sea in the land of Edom. And Hiram sent in the navy of his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants... | |
 | David Hatcher Childress - 1992 - 596 pages
...those who believe it genuine. King Solomon made a fleet of ships in EzionGeber, which is beside Eilat on the shore of the Red Sea in the land of Edom. And Hiram sent in the navy of his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants... | |
 | Graham Hancock - 1993 - 612 pages
...p. 68. 121 Kings 9:26: 'And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Elath, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.' For the identification of Ezion-geber with modern Elat see, for example, Gaalyah Cornfeld, Archaeology... | |
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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. And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. And they came... 
