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2 Chronicles 8:17

2 Chronicles chapter 8 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Then went Solomon to Ezion–geber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.16Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of Jehovah, and until it was finished. So the house of Jehovah was completed.

v.17This passage

v.18And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched from thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Kings 16:6

    At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drove the Jews from Elath; and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there, unto this day.

  • Deuteronomy 2:8

    So we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion-geber. And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

  • 2 Chronicles 20:36

    and he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish; and they made the ships in Ezion-geber.

  • 1 Kings 22:48

    Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.

  • Numbers 33:35

    And they journeyed from Abronah, and encamped in Ezion-geber.

  • 1 Kings 9:26

    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.