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Ezion-geber

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Ezion-geber or Ezion-gaber [both: Heb.,=giant's backbone], ancient port, on the Gulf of Aqaba. The site, near Aqaba , is now some distance from the shore, which is advancing. The Bible reveals the existence of a port there from the reign of Solomon to at least that of Uzziah in the 8th cent. BC (Num. 33.35,36; Deut. 2.8; 1 Kings 9.26; 22.48; 2 Chron. 8.17). Excavations were carried out (1938-40) under American auspices. The largest copper refineries ever found to have existed in the ancient world were unearthed at the level of the oldest of the five periods of settlement. Trade relations... Read more
Nelson Glueck
...sites in the Middle East that Glueck uncovered were the copper mines of King Solomon and the ancient Red Sea port of Ezion Geber. In 1947 he became president of Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati; from 1950 he served as president of the merged Hebrew... Read more
Elat
...hotels, and an airport. The city is the terminus of an oil pipeline to Haifa. Elat was perhaps identical with, or near, Ezion-geber , a port in Solomon's time (10th cent. BC). It was rebuilt by King Uzziah of Judah and lost to the Syrians (8th cent... Read more

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; ...challenges 1 Kings 9:26 for saying that Ezion-geber was on the shore of the Red Sea...is a geographical error, because Ezion-geber is over a hundred miles from the...geography, McKinsey is right, because Ezion-geber was located on what is now called... Read more
Corpus der Stempelsiegel-Amulette aus Palastina/Israel von dem Anfangen bis zur Perserzeit
; ...a large map of Palestine (front and back cover) which displays nearly two hundred archaeological sites (from Dan to Ezion-Geber, but not including SyroPhoenicia) that exhibit the items discussed in the text. There is also a chronological chart... Read more
The demand for a sign; Luke 11:29-32.(Opinion & Editorial)
; ...spices, and precious stones with Solomon, especially with the expansion of the Israelite trade through Solomon's port at Ezion-geber and his Red Sea fleet. The mission of the queen of Sheba was probably a trade mission described in the romantic language... Read more

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