17Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.
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He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
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 he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongeber.
And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Eziongaber.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-18)Here is, I. Solomon’s devotion. The building of the temple was in order to the service of the temple. Whatever cost he was at in rearing the structure, if he had neglected the worship that was to be performed there, it would all have been to no purpose. Assisting the devotion of others will not atone for our own neglects. When Solomon had built the temple, 1. He kept up the holy sacrifices there,…
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