Ezion-Geber

So he finished the house.

King Solomon built a fleet of ships at Ezion Geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

And Hiram sent with the fleet his servants, seamen who were familiar with the sea, together with the servants of Solomon.

And they went to Ophir and brought from there gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and they brought it to King Solomon.

It's a moment of seemingly failure and, I guess, humility because Yehoshaphat, in his prosperity, built a great fleet of ships to sail to Ophir for gold.

But verse 48, the ships were wrecked at Etzion Geber.

They never sailed.

The grand venture failed.

There was no king in Edom; a deputy was king.

Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go, for the ships were wrecked at Ezion-geber.

Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "Let my servants go with your servants in the ships." But Jehoshaphat was not willing.

And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father.

Sometime later, King Jehoshaphat of Judah made an alliance with King Ahaziah of Israel, who was very wicked.

Together they built a fleet of trading ships at the port of Ezion-Geber.

Then Eliezer, son of Dodavahu from Maresha, prophesied against Jehoshaphat.

He said, "'Because you have allied yourself with King Ahaziah, the Lord will destroy your work.' So the ships met with disaster and never put out to sea.

So he finished the house.

King Solomon built a fleet of ships at Etzion-Geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea in the land of Edom.

And Hiram sent with the fleet his servants, seamen who were familiar with the sea, together with the servants of Solomon." And they went to Ophir and brought from there gold, four hundred twenty talents, and they brought it to King Solomon.

Chapter 10 Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to test him with hard questions.

So he finished the house.

King Solomon built a fleet of ships at Ezeon Geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

And Hiram sent with the fleet his servants, seamen who were familiar with the sea, together with the servants of Solomon.

And they went to Ophir and brought from there gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and they brought it to King Solomon.

So Solomon made sure that all the work related to building the temple of the Lord was carried out, from the day its foundation was laid to the day of its completion.

Later Solomon went to Ezion Geber and Elath, ports along the shore of the Red Sea in the land of Edom.

Hiram sent him ships commanded by his own officers and manned by experienced crews of sailors.

These ships sailed to Ophir with Solomon's men and brought back to Solomon almost 17 tons of gold.