| sir William Muir - 1858 - 362 pages
...raid in the time of Mahomet fifteen or sixteen centuries later. See the account in 1 Sam. xxx. f " And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Elath, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom." 1 Kings, ix. 26; 2 Chron. viii. 17. and governors of the country,... | |
| Sir William Muir - 1858 - 346 pages
...raid in the time of Mahomet fifteen or sixteen centuries later. See the account in 1 Sam. xxx. f " And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Elath, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom." 1 Kings, ix. 26; 2 Chron. viii. 17. J " She came to Jerusalem... | |
| Joseph Holt Ingraham - 1860 - 612 pages
...geographers, as the Golden Chersonese ; and in the Malay language, ophiris the generic term for a gold mine. King Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, 'which is beside Elath, on the shore of the Red Sea/ From Eziongeber, Solomon's navy traded with Tarshish and Ophir. ' Once in three years... | |
| Lyons McLeod - 1860 - 364 pages
...be at length allowed that Sofala, on the east coast of Africa, is indubitably the Ophir of Solomon. "And King Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, 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... | |
| 1862 - 312 pages
...the controversy. The variation which is found 1 See Credner on Joel iv. 6. . * Hist. Plant. 9. 4. 3 " King Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Elath, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge... | |
| Henry Allon - 1862 - 512 pages
...Sanskrit was spoken in the south of India at the time of Solomon. In 1 Kings ix. 26 — 28, we read, 'And King ' Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-Geber, which is beside ' Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. And ' Hiram sent in the navy his servants,... | |
| John William Colenso (bp. of Natal.) - 1863 - 386 pages
...there was no likelihood of its being subject again to the yoke of Israel. We read in lK.ix.26 — ' And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, [or Elath, D.ii.8,] on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.' But the possession of... | |
| Thomas Street Millington - 1863 - 888 pages
...cities shall confess his sway." — Hon. 11. 1. rx. v. 141. See Gen. xxxrv. 12. i. Sam. xvm. 25. 26. And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. 27. And Hiram sent in the navy his servants,... | |
| John Duns - 1863 - 720 pages
...from a port on the Red Sea could reach it. In the preceding chapter we are distinctly informed, that "king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, 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... | |
| John William Colenso (bp. of Natal.) - 1865 - 474 pages
...and there was no likelihood of its being subject again to the yoke of Israel We read, iK.ix. 26— ' And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, [or ElaUi, D.ii.8,] on the shore of the Bed Sea, in the land of Edom,' But the possession of... | |
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