2Ch 8:17-18, 9:21 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 17. Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber ] See the notes on , for conjectures concerning Ezion-geber and Ophir .

‏ 2 Chronicles 8:17-18

Verse 17. Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber] See the notes on 1Ki 9:26-28, for conjectures concerning Ezion-geber and Ophir.

Verse 18. Knowledge of the sea] Skilful sailors. Solomon probably bore the expenses and his friend, the Tyrian king, furnished him with expert sailors; for the Jews, at no period of their history, had any skill in maritime affairs, their navigation being confined to the lakes of their own country, from which they could never acquire any nautical skill. The Tyrians, on the contrary, lived on and in the sea.

‏ 2 Chronicles 9:21

Verse 21. The king's ships went to Tarshish] "Went to Africa."-Targum.