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Verse 35<\/span>. EZION-GABER.<\/B>] Dr. Shaw places this port on the western coast of the Elantic gulf<\/I> of the Red Sea. It is now called Meenah el Dsahab<\/I>, or the golden port<\/I>, by the Arabs; because it was from this place that Solomon sent his ships for gold to Ophir, 1Kg 9:26<\/span>. He supposes it to be about sixty miles distant from Mount Sinai. – Travels<\/I>, p. 322, 4to. edition.<\/P> <\/p>\n A place upon the Red Sea, as appears from 1Ki 9:26<\/span>; 22:48<\/span> <\/P> <\/p>\n [See comments on Nu 33:32]<\/span>.<\/p>\n 35<\/strong>. <\/strong> Ezion-gaber <\/strong> The giant’s backbone, <\/em> so called from the head of a mountain that runs out into a point. It is the name of a seaport at the northeast end of the Elanitic Gulf, not far from Elath. Says Stanley, “There is nothing to fix its site.” Kiepert’s map (in Robinson, 1856) locates it at Ain el-Ghudyan, <\/em> about ten miles up what is now the dry bed of the ‘Arabah, supposed to have been anciently covered by the waters of the Gulf. Num 14:25<\/span>, note. Here the Israelites, in the times of Solomon and Jehoshaphat, built a fleet to sail to Ophir. 1Ki 9:26<\/span>; 1Ki 22:49<\/span>, notes.<\/p>\n Num 33:35<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>And encamped at Ezion-gaber<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> “Ezion-gaber,” says Dr. Shaw, “being the place from whence Solomon’s navy went for gold to Ophir, <\/em>1Ki 9:26<\/span>. 2Ch 8:17<\/span> we may be induced to take it for the present Meenah el Dsahab; i.e. the port of gold. According to the account I had of this place from the monks of St. Catherine, it lies in the gulph of Eloth, betwixt two and three days journey from them; enjoying a spacious harbour, from whence they are sometimes supplied with plenty of lobsters and shell-fish. Meenah el Dsahab, <\/em>therefore, from this circumstance, may be nearly at the same distance from Sinai with Tor, from whence they are likewise furnished with the same provisions; which, unless they are brought with the utmost expedition, frequently corrupt and putrefy. The distance betwixt the north-west part of the desart of Sin and Mount Sinai, is twenty-one hours; and if we further add three hours (the distance betwixt the desart of Sin <\/em>and the port of Tor, from whence these fish are obtained), we shall have in all twenty-four hours, i.e. in round numbers, about sixty miles. Ezion-gaber, consequently, may lie a little more or less than that distance from Sinai, because the day’s journeys, which the monks speak of, are not, perhaps, to be considered as ordinary and common ones, but such as are made in haste, that the fish may arrive in good condition. In Pococke’s Description of the East, <\/em>p. 157, Ezion-gaber <\/em>is placed to the S.E. of Eloth, <\/em>and at two or three miles only from it; which, I presume, cannot be admitted. For, as Eloth itself is situated upon the point of the gulph, Ezion-gaber, by lying to the S.E. of it, would belong to the land of Midian; <\/em>whereas Ezion-gaber <\/em>was undoubtedly a seaport in the land of Edom, <\/em>as we learn from the authorities above related, viz. where king Solomon <\/em>is said to have made a navy of ships in Ezion-gaber, which is <\/em> beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. <\/em>Here it may be observed, that the word eth, <\/em>which we render beside, <\/em>(viz. Eloth) should be rendered, together with Eloth; <\/em>not denoting any vicinity betwixt them, but that they were both of them ports of the Red Sea, <\/em>in the land of Edom.” See Dr. Shaw’s Travels, p. 322. <\/p>\n Ezion-gaber. Compare Deu 2:8. Edom’s seaport on the Red Sea. <\/p>\n Eziongaber: Dr. Shaw places this port on the western shore of the Elanitic gulf of the Red Sea. He says it is now called Meenah el Dsahab, or the golden port, by the Arabs; because it was from this place that Solomon sent his ships to Ophir. He supposes it to be about sixty miles from Sinai; and it is probable that it was near the present Accaba, i.e., the end – of the sea. Num 14:25, Deu 2:8, 1Ki 9:26, 1Ki 22:48, Ezion-geber, 2Ch 20:36 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 2Ch 8:17 – Eziongeber<\/p>\n Num 33:35. Ezion-gaber A seaport town situated on the Red sea, in the land of Edom, near Arabia Felix, Deu 2:8; 2Ch 8:17. All the encampments, from Num 33:16 to this place, were wanderings backward again toward the Red sea, for thirty-eight years together. They were led to and fro, backward and forward, as in a maze or labyrinth, and yet were all the while under the direction of the pillar of cloud and fire. He led them about, (Deu 32:10,) and yet led them the right way, Psa 107:7. The way God takes in bringing his people to himself is always the best way, all circumstances considered, although it does not always appear to us the nearest way, and is often a way in which the Lord would not have led us, unless to chastise us for our sins, and save us from the love of them.<\/p>\n And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Ezion-gaber. STAT. XXXI. Verse 35. EZION-GABER.] Dr. Shaw places this port on the western coast of the Elantic gulf of the Red Sea. 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