22He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
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At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.
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 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.
He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-22)Here are three kings brought to their graves in these few verses:—1. Joash king of Israel, 2 Kgs. 14:15 , 16 . We attended his funeral once before, 2 Kgs. 13:12 , 13 . But, because the historian had occasion to give a further account of his life and actions, he again mentions his death and burial. 2. Amaziah king of Judah. Fifteen years he survived his conqueror the king of Israel, 2 Kgs. 14:17. A…
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