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Ezion-geber in the Bible.

Ezion-geber is an island in the Bible, about 258 km (160 miles) south of Jerusalem. The King James Version names it in 7 verses, from Numbers 33:35 to 2 Chronicles 20:36.

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About Ezion-geber.

The giant’s backbone (so called from the head of a mountain which runs out into the sea), an ancient city and harbour at the north-east end of the Elanitic branch of the Red Sea, the Gulf of Akabah, near Elath or Eloth (Num. 33:35; Deut. 2:8). Here Solomon built ships, “Tarshish ships,” like those trading from Tyre to Tarshish and the west, which traded with Ophir (1 Kings 9:26; 2 Chr. 8:17); and here also Jehoshaphat’s fleet was shipwrecked (1 Kings 22:48; 2 Chr. 20:36). It became a populous town, many of the Jews settling in it (2 Kings 16:6, “Elath”). It is supposed that anciently the north end of the gulf flowed further into the country than now, as far as ‘Ain el-Ghudyan, which is 10 miles up the dry bed of the Arabah, and that Ezion-geber may have been there.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

People named with Ezion-geber.

Solomon 2Esau 1Jehoshaphat 1

Near Ezion-geber.

All 7 verses that name Ezion-geber.

Numbers 2

  • Numbers 33:35And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Ezion-gaber.
  • Numbers 33:36And they removed from Ezion-gaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.

Deuteronomy 1

  • Deuteronomy 2:8And 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 Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

1 Kings 2

  • 1 Kings 9:26And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.
  • 1 Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.

2 Chronicles 2

  • 2 Chronicles 8:17Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.
  • 2 Chronicles 20:36And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion-gaber.

Questions about Ezion-geber.

Where is Ezion-geber in the Bible?

Ezion-geber is an island about 258 km (160 miles) south of Jerusalem. BibleLectio shows it on a painted map of the Bible’s world, with every verse that names it.

How many times is Ezion-geber named in the Bible?

The King James Version names Ezion-geber in 7 verses, in 4 books, from Numbers 33:35 to 2 Chronicles 20:36.

Which people are named with Ezion-geber in the Bible?

The verses that name Ezion-geber also name Solomon, Esau and Jehoshaphat.

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