Biblical places
Ezion-Geber
A port Solomon built on the Red Sea (Gulf of Aqaba) for trade, the departure point for ships bringing gold from Ophir (1 Kings 9:26). Widely identified with Tell el-Kheleifeh, though scholars differ on the exact site.
Sources and location confidence
- Location confidence
- Probable
- Tell el-Kheleifeh (probable)
- 29.5472, 34.9803
OpenBible.info offers three candidate sites; Tell el-Kheleifeh is the majority view but not conclusive.
Related Bible passages
These are selected indexed references, not an exhaustive list of every mention in the Bible.
1 Kings 9:26
And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.
2 Chronicles 8:17
Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.
1 Kings 22:49
Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.
2 Chronicles 20:36
And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongeber.