Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.
Key themes
PrayerJustice and mercyTempleReform
Glossary
- Edom Place
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Biblical region. Modern identification: Buseira.
- Elath Place
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Grove; trees, ( Deut. 2:8 ), also in plural form Eloth ( 1 Kings 9:26 , etc. ); called by the Greeks and Romans Elana; a city of Idumea, on the east, i. e., the Elanitic, gulf, or the Gulf of Akabah, of the Red Sea. Modern identification: Aqaba.
- Ezion-geber Place
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The giant’s backbone (so called from the head of a mountain which runs out into the sea), an ancient city and harbour at the north-east end of the Elanitic branch of the Red Sea. Modern identification: Jezirat Faraun.
- Red Sea Place
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Biblical body of water. Modern identification: Gulf of Aqaba.