And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.
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.And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.