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Solomon made a navy of ships; not now in the order in which it is placed in the history, but in the beginning of his reign; as appears, because the almug trees which he used in this work were brought in this navy from Ophir, 1Ki_10:11,12 2Ch_9:10,11, which was a three years’ voyage & here, 1Ki_10:22; for Ophir and Tharshish were either the same place, or one near to another.
Eloth, or Elath, as it is called, 2Ki_14:22. See Deu_2:8. It is thought to be that famous port on the Red Sea which Ptolemy and Strabo call Elana.
In the land of Edom; which David brought under his dominion, and Solomon kept it.