(d) THE VOYAGE TO OPHIR (2 Chronicles 8:17).
Comp. 1 Kings 9:26.

(17) Then (’âz). — After the completion of the Temple.

Went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth. — Syr., “Ezion-geber, a city which is over against Eloth.” 1 Kings 9:26 reads, “And a fleet did king Solomon make at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth.”

The sea. — Kings, the Red Sea. So Vulg. The words of our text do not necessarily imply a personal visit on the part of Solomon. He sent his shipwrights to the Idumean port.

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