 | Moses Margoliouth - 1846 - 454 pages
...they began to be engaged in maritime affairs, as we read in sacred history (1 Kings, ix. 26-28)— " And King Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Eed Sea, in the land of Edom. And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1846 - 422 pages
...ivory, and apes, and peacocks." Comp. 2Chron. ix. 21. So also Solomon had a seaport at Ezion-Geber, " on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom," (1 Kings ix. 26,) from whence the traffic with Ophir was carried on, but there is no intimation that... | |
 | Richard A. F. Barrett - 1847 - 516 pages
...Ezion-geber which is beside Eloth, on the shore [Heb., lip] of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. 27 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that...knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. Dr. A. Clarice. — A navy of ships."] Literally, '2N oni, a ship : in the parallel place, 2 Chron.... | |
 | Richard A. F. Barrett - 1847 - 516 pages
...(tai dn-f'orftXf Xipap. iv Ty vr)L T&V -,-,'iiii'it"!' airov avSpat vavriKoiis, KT\. Au. Ver. — 26 And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber which is beside Eloth, on the shore [Heb., lip] of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. 27 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen... | |
 | John Gardner Wilkinson - 1847 - 528 pages
...Edom." (1 Chron. xviii. 11.) Solomon afterwards establ ¡shed and " made a navy of ships at Ezitmgebcr, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom." The ships were navigated by Phoenicians in the service of the Jewish king, whose friendship with Hiram... | |
 | Robert Augustus Gordon - 1847 - 300 pages
...the land of Israel and the river Euphrates. King Solomon also made a navy of ships at Ezion-geber, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom, which was subject to him. And Hiram king of Tyre sent shipmen, who had knowledge of the sea, with the... | |
 | University magazine - 1848 - 824 pages
..."merchantmen." Solomon afterwards availed himself of the commercial advantages of Edom, and established " a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is beside Eloth,...on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom," that is on the branch of the Red Sea, now called the Gulf of Akabah. Eloth is the present Ailah, on... | |
 | Mary Fawler Maude - 1849 - 498 pages
...ELATH— AKABAISLAND OF GRATA. SCRIPTURE NOTICES. "(THEY) encamped at Ezion-gaber." — Num. xxxiii. 3o. " King Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber,...the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom."— 1 Kings ix. 26. " The ships were broken at Ezion-geber." — 1 Kings xxii. 48. "(Azariah) built Elath,... | |
 | John Kitto - 1849 - 842 pages
...the locality of other places : the passage also fixes the spot where Elath itself was to be found: ' and King Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is beside Elath, on the shore (Num. xxxiii. 35) of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.' The use which David made... | |
 | George Smith - 1850 - 432 pages
...himself of this additional advantage. The sacred narrative gives this account of the proceeding : " And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber,...the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge * HEEKEN on the Phenicians, p. 123. + It is at least worthy of remark, that Benjamin of Tudela says... | |
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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. 
