"Zebulun will settle down near the sea shore and become a safe haven for shipping, bordering Sidon."

Ships under control of Kittim will devastate Asshur and Eber, until they are permanently destroyed."

Finally, the LORD will bring you back to Egypt by ship, a place that I said you'd never see again. There you'll try to sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you."

King Solomon also built a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Reed Sea in the land of Edom. Hiram sent his servants to sail with the fleet, since they were expert seamen, and so they accompanied Solomon's servants. read more. They sailed as far as Ophir and brought back 420 talents of gold for Solomon.

Jehoshaphat had ocean-going vessels from Tarshish sail to Ophir for gold, but they never made it because they were shipwrecked at Ezion-geber. Ahab's son Ahaziah had offered to go. "Let my servants go with your servants in the ships!" he said. But Jehoshaphat was not willing.

They pass by like a ship made of reeds, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.