1 Kings 9:26-28
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Solomon’s Commercial Activity
26 King Solomon built a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea,[a] in the land of Edom.(A) 27 Hiram sent his servants with the fleet, sailors who were familiar with the sea, together with the servants of Solomon.(B) 28 They went to Ophir and imported from there four hundred twenty talents of gold that they delivered to King Solomon.(C)
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- 9.26 Or Sea of Reeds
1 Kings 22:48
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48 Jehoshaphat made ships of the Tarshish type to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go, for the ships were wrecked at Ezion-geber.(A)
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2 Chronicles 20:36
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36 He joined him in building ships to go to Tarshish; they built the ships in Ezion-geber.
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