Ezion-geber

Ee´zee-uhn-gay´buhr

A town in Edom on the Gulf of Aqabah. It is listed in (Num 33:35-36) as a stopping place during the exodus. Solomon “built a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber” and sent them on profitable journeys to southern Arabia and East Africa (1Kgs 9:26-28; 1Kgs 10:11; 2Chr 8:17; 2Chr 9:10-11). After Solomon’s death (ca. 976 BCE) the region reverted to Edomite control. It was reconquered by Jehoshaphat of Judah, who also built a fleet of ships, which were, however, “wrecked at Ezion-geber” (1Kgs 22:48; 2Chr 20:36). See also Eloth.