 And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, 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 to...  The Kings: Ed., with an Introduction & Notes - Page 971896 - 274 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Smith - 1863 - 1002 pages
...EziONGEIIKR; ELATH.] Solomon's navy was evidently constructed by Phoenician workmen of Hiram, for he " sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon." This was the navy that sailed to Ophir. We may conclude that it was necessary to trans]>ort wood as... | |
 | 426 pages
...heads no more." This happened 1250 BC, and we hear no more of the country until King Solomon himself made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, and its right hand Gulf of Akabah, in the land of Edom. And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen... | |
 | Merritt Munson - 1865 - 384 pages
...Then again in I. Kings rx : 26, it is said : " And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-gaber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom." Consequently, the children of Israel departed from " the great and terrible wildernesses " of Arabia... | |
 | Carl Ritter - 1866 - 484 pages
...of Kings and Chronicles in which mention is made of Ophir are as follow:— 1. 1 Kings ix. 26-28 : "And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber,...from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents [four hundred and fifty in the account given in 2 Chron. viii. 18], and brought it to king Solomon."... | |
 | Carl Ritter - 1866 - 488 pages
...Kings and Chronicles in which mention is made of Ophir are as follow : — 1. 1 Kings ix. 26-28 : " And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber,...from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents [four hundred and fifty in the account given in 2 Chron. viii. 18], and brought it to king Solomon."... | |
 | James Lee (M.A.) - 1867 - 492 pages
...the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that ivas before the LORD. So he finished the house. 26 And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Ecd sea, in the land of Edom. 27And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge... | |
 | Mrs. Manning (Charlotte Speir) - 1869 - 420 pages
...king of Tyre, hud furnished Solomon with cedar-trees, and fir-trees, and with gold ..... " CH. ix. 26. And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber,...on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. " CH. ix. 27. And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with... | |
 | Henry Cowles - 1869 - 444 pages
...which terminated at Akabah. This would be the extreme southern border of Edom. (See 1 Kings 9: 26.) "King Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber,...on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom." • This manifestly was not the western but the eastern arm of the great Arabian Sea. The figure changes... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1869 - 636 pages
...every production that could add to the treasury of the king. It is written in I. Kings is. 26 : — " And King Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber,...is beside Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the html of Edom." Again, we find in chap. x. 22 :— " For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1869 - 646 pages
...king. It is written in I. Kings ix. 26 : — "And King Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-gebcr, which is beside Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom." Again, we find in chap. x. 22 : — " For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of... | |
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