So we bypassed our relatives, the descendants of Esau who live in Seir. We turned through the Arabah desert from Elath, and from Ezion-geber we traveled the desert road to Moab."

He rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah. Later on the king died, as did his ancestors.

But at that time, King Rezin of Aram recovered Elath for Aram, completely removing the Judeans from Elath. Then the Arameans returned to Elath and have remained there to this day.

After this, Solomon visited Ezion-geber and Elath at the seashore in the land of Edom.