Ezion-geber in the Bible

Meaning: the wood of the man

Exact Match

And they pulled up stakes from Ebronah and pitched at Ezion-geber.

And they pulled up stakes from Ezion-geber and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.

Verse ConceptsWilderness Of Zin

Thematic Bible



And after this Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. The same did very wickedly. And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish. And they made the ships in Ezion-geber. Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou have joined thyself with Ahaziah, LORD has destroyed thy works. And the ships were broken, so that they were not able to go to Tarshi

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


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