| University magazine - 1848 - 824 pàgines
..."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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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... | |
| 1850 - 830 pàgines
...the LOED, and he burnt incense lupon the altar that was before the LOED. So he finished the house. 26 Ashore of the Eed sea, iu the land of Edom. 27 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen tbat... | |
| Charles Baker - 1850 - 446 pàgines
...was presented by Pharaoh to Solomon's wife. Solomon made a -navy of ships at Ezion-geber, and king Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, and -they went to Ophir, and brought gold from thence to king Solomon. Solomon had also a navy at Tharshiah,... | |
| 1850 - 418 pàgines
...its spine-like ridge of rocks there is a spacious anchorage. Since that ancient port, however, was " beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom" (I Kings ix., 26), Dahab, which was not in that territory, but in the land ofMidian, being distant... | |
| 1850 - 432 pàgines
...Greeks ; JElana by the Romans ; and Ailah by the Arabians : it is described in 1 Kings ix. 26, as " on the shore of the Red Sea in the land of Edom ;" and in 2 Chron. viii. 17, " at the tea-tide in the land of Idumea." From Procopius, in the 6th * The above... | |
| 1850 - 442 pàgines
...Greeks ; ^Elana by the Romans ; and Ailah by the Arabians : it is described in 1 Kings ix. 26, as " on the shore of the Red Sea in the land of Edom ;" and in 2 Chron. viii. 17, " at the sea-side in the land of Idumea." From Procopius, in the 6th * The above... | |
| 1851 - 668 pàgines
...profession, or who have made the truths aqd orf Eloth, on the t shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. 27 And Hiram sent in the navy «his servants, shipmen...knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. 28 And they came to h Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, ' four hundred and twenty talents, and brought... | |
| |