Ezion-geber
Ezion-geber, an Israelite encampment during the Exodus and later a port city on the Red Sea, known for its maritime trade and shipbuilding.
The name Ezion-geber means “the wood of the man”
PlaceOld Testament4 books7 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Numbers 33:35; only referred to as Ezion-geber (עֶצְיוֹן גֶּ֫בֶר).
Location
- Identified as
- Jezirat Faraun
- Certainty
- Possible (36% of scholarship) · 2 other possible locations
- Coordinates
- 29.463° N, 34.860° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- עֶצְיוֹן גֶּ֫בֶרEzion-geber
Mentions
- They set out from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.
- They set out from Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.
- So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of the Wilderness of Moab.
- King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.
- Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
- Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the coast of Edom.
- They agreed to make ships to go to Tarshish, and these were built in Ezion-geber.