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Eziongaber, Or Eziongeber
(giant’s backbone), (Numbers 33:35; 2:8; 1 Kings 9:26; 22:48; 2 Chronicles 8:17) the last station named for the encampment of the Israelites before they came to the wilderness of Zin. It probably stood at Ain el-Ghudyan, about ten miles up what is now the dry bed of the Arabah, but which was probably then the northern end of the gulf.
In the Bible
7
Verses where Eziongaber, Or Eziongeber is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Kings 9:26
King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.
- 1 Kings 22:48
Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
- 2 Chronicles 8:17
Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the coast of Edom.
- 2 Chronicles 20:36
They agreed to make ships to go to Tarshish, and these were built in Ezion-geber.
- Deuteronomy 2:8
So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of the Wilderness of Moab.
- Numbers 33:35
They set out from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.
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Sources · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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