Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 9:26
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1 Kings9:26
26 ¶ And king Solomon made a navy of ships , in Ezion-Geber, which is beside Eloth n, on the shore of the red sea, in the land of Edom .
Not now in the order in which it is placed in the History, but in the beginning of his Reign; as appears, because the Almug-trees which he used in this Work, were brought in this Navy from Ophir, chap. 10, 11, 12. 2 Chron. 9. 10, 11. which was a three Years Voyage there, ver. 22. For Ophir and Tharsis were either the same place, or one near to another.
Which David brought under his Dominion, and Solomon kept it.
r Or, Elath, as it is called 2 King. 14. 22. See Deut. 2. 8. It is thought to be that famous Port on the Red Sea, which Ptolemy and Strabo call Elana.
Marginal references: 2 Chr. 8. 17.; Heb. lip.
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