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15 They did not depart from the command of the king to the priests and Levites concerning any matter or concerning the atreasuries.  
16 Now all the work of Solomon was well-ordered1 from the day of the foundation of the house of the Lord until it was finished. So the house of the Lord was completed.  
17 Then Solomon went to aEzion Geber and Elath on the seacoast, in the land of Edom.  
18 aAnd Hiram sent him ships by the hand of his servants, and servants who knew the sea. They went with the servants of Solomon to bOphir, and acquired four hundred and fifty talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon. 
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Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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2 Chronicles 8:17

Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth—These two maritime ports were situated at the eastern gulf of the Red Sea, now called the Gulf of Akaba. Eloth is seen in the modern Akaba, Ezion-geber in El Gudyan [ROBINSON]. Solomon, determined to cultivate the arts of peace, was sagacious enough to perceive that his kingdom could become great and glorious only by encouraging a spirit of commercial enterprise among his subjects; and, accordingly, with that in mind he made a contract with Huram for ships and seamen to instruct his people in navigation.




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