Where Did Solomon’S Ships Sail?

Solomon, with the help of Phoenician shipbuilders, built a new fleet of heavy Tyrian-style cargo ships at Ezion Geber (modern-day Aqaba) near Elath (Eilat) on the Gulf of Aqaba. Hiram sent his servants, men who knew the sea, to serve in the fleet, along with Tyrian ship carpenters and sailors for Solomon’s vessels. Solomon had a ship of Tharsis in the sea with the ships of Chiram, which brought gold, silver, wrought stones, and hewn stones to the king every three years out of Tharsis.

In 2 Samuel 8:13-14, David defeated Edom in war, so Solomon ruled over Edom. In the south of Edom, there was a port called Ezion Geber on the Red Sea. Large boats could sail to east Africa, Arabia, and possibly even to India. They sailed to India, Arabia, and Somaliland, returning with their ships laden with gold, silver, ivory, precious stones, apes, and peacocks. The amount of gold brought to Solomon by his navy was enormous.

In c.947BC, Solomon built a fleet of ships at Ezion Geber on the Gulf of Aqaba. King Hiram of Tyre sent experienced shipbuilders to serve in the fleet. Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

There is an argument that Solomon’s port is located at the island of Jezirat Faraun, but since this port is located on the western shores of the Red Sea, Solomon made a navy of ships in Etsyon-Gever. Hiram sent his navy to Kona, Hawaii, in late January, having sailed 6,000 miles in six weeks from Callao, Peru, in the Feathered Sea.

Where is Solomon Sea located?

Solomon Sea, portion of the western South Pacific Ocean, bounded on the west by New Guinea, on the north by New Britain, and on the east by the Solomon Islands. With an area of 280,000 square miles (720,000 square km), the sea contains the Louisiade Archipelago, New Georgia, and Guadalcanal Island. It opens to the Coral Sea (south), the Bismarck Sea (northwest), and the open ocean (northeast). The seafloor is divided into two principal basins. The New Britain Basin in the north has a general depth of more than 13,000 feet (4,000 metres); deeper areas, including the New Britain Trench, plunge to a maximum depth of 29,988 feet (9,140 metres) in the Planet Deep. The southerly Solomon Basin reaches depths of 23,000 feet (7,000 metres). During winter (July–September), a stream of the Pacific South Equatorial Current flows into the sea from the north, then branches southeast and southwest. In the summer it reverses flow. First navigated by Polynesians, Arabs, and Chinese, the sea was not crossed by a European until Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira arrived in 1567. The Solomon Sea was the scene of major U.S.-Japanese naval encounters during World War II.

Who was the king that built a fleet of ships in Edom?

King Solomon “King Solomon built a fleet of ships at Ezion-Geber which is near Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. Hiram sent his servants with the fleet, mariners who had knowledge of the sea, to serve with Solomon’s men.

In the Bible we are twice told that Solomon, with the help of the Phoenician king Hiram, built a fleet of ships that sailed from Ezion-Geber (ETZ-yon GEH-ver)a near Eloth (Ay-LOHT) on the Red Sea. We are now in a position, I believe, not only to understand the maritime background of this joint venture—the most celebrated naval enterprise in the Bible—but also to identify Ezion-Geber and Eloth. The two Biblical passages—one in 1 Kings and the other in 2 Chronicles—are short enough to quote in full. The differences are minor: In 2 Chronicles, Hiram’s name is misspelled as (…)

Herodotus, The Histories, Book 4, “Circumnavigation of Africa.”

Nelson Glueck, Rivers in the Desert (London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1959), p. 31f.

Where did the story of Solomon take place?

Solomon is known for being the king of Israel who built the first Temple in Jerusalem. He was also the second (after his father, David) and last king of a unified Israel, which was at the height of its power during his reign. He is known for stories told in the Bible about his wisdom.

Solomon was a biblical Israelite king who built the first Temple of Jerusalem and who is revered in Judaism and Christianity for his wisdom and in Islam as a prophet.

Nearly all evidence for Solomon’s life and reign comes from the Bible (especially the first 11 chapters of the First Book of Kings and the first nine chapters of the Second Book of Chronicles). According to those sources, his father was David (flourished c. 1000 bce), the poet and king who, against great odds, founded the Judaean dynasty and united all the tribes of Israel under one monarch. Solomon’s mother was Bathsheba, formerly the wife of David’s Hittite general, Uriah. She proved to be adept at court intrigue, and through her efforts, in concert with the prophet Nathan, Solomon was anointed king while David was still alive, despite the fact that he was younger than his brothers.

Material evidence for Solomon’s reign, as for that of his father, is scant. Although some scholars claim to have discovered artifacts that corroborate the biblical account of his reign in the early 10th century bce, others claim that the archaeological record strongly suggests that the fortified cities and even the Temple of Jerusalem actually emerged more than a century later. In the latter view, the kingdom of Solomon was far from the vast empire that the biblical narrative describes.

What was the Sea Temple of Solomon?

In Solomon’s Temple a large molten sea of brass was placed on the backs of 12 brazen oxen, these oxen being symbolical of the 12 tribes of Israel. This brazen sea was used for performing baptisms for the living. There were no baptisms for the dead until after the resurrection of Christ.

It must be remembered that all direct and plain references to baptism have been deleted from the Old Testament (1 Nephi 13) and that the word baptize is of Greek origin. Some equivalent word, such as wash, would have been used by the Hebrew peoples. In describing the molten sea the Old Testament record says, “The sea was for the priests to wash in.” (2 Chron 4:2–6). This is tantamount to saying that the priests performed baptisms in it.

Every temple of the LDS Church contains a baptismal font on twelve oxen which is modeled after the molten sea. The Church performs baptisms for the dead in these fonts.

Where did Solomon build a seaport?

King Solomon built a fleetof ships at Ezion-geber, a seaport on the Red Sea’s eastern shore, right at the edge of Edomite land. This seaport was like a busy crossroads that connected the Middle East to the rest of the world. Goods from faraway places like Africa, India, and the Far East traveled through Ezion-geber. Its perfect spot made it the most important port in the area. Ezion-geber was not just a place for trade; it was also a strong fortress. Its walls were made to keep the city safe from attacks on land, and its many ships kept watch over the Red Sea.

For a long time, people thought the ancient city of Ezion-geber was at a place called Tel el-Kheleifeh (or Elat). But, the old things found there were from a time after Solomon was king. Another spot, the port of Jezirat Faraun, was also guessed to be the ancient city. But, because it’s on the Red Sea’s western coast (usually thought of as the Egyptian side) and because there wasn’t enough evidence, experts couldn’t be sure it was the right place. Nowadays, some experts think the ancient Ezion-geber might be under the modern port of Aqaba in Jordan. But, because it would cost a lot to close or move the port to dig and look for it, we might never discover the ancient city of Ezion-geber.

2. What do you think archaeologists need to find to prove the existence of Ezion-geber?

Which king of Israel had a fleet of ships?

• In Genesis 10:4 Tarshish appears among the Sons of Noah: “And the sons of Javan (were:) Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.” This is restated very closely in 1 Chronicles 1:7. The next passage details that of these offspring have dispersed numerous peoples throughout the “archipelago”, each to its own language and with its particular lineage and culture.
• 1 Kings 10:22 notes that King Solomon had “a fleet of ships of Tarshish” at sea with the fleet of his ally King Hiram of Tyre: “Once every three years the fleet of ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.” This is echoed (with some notable changes) in 2 Chronicles 9:21.
• 1 Kings 22:48 states that “Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go, for the ships were wrecked at Ezion-geber.” This is repeated in 2 Chronicles 20:37, preceded by the information that the ships were actually built at Ezion-geber, and emphasizing the prophecy of Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah against Jehoshaphat: “Because you have joined with Ahaziah, the Lord will destroy what you have made.” And the ships were wrecked and were not able to go to Tarshish. This may be referenced in Psalms 48:7: “By the east wind you shattered the ships of Tarshish.” From these verses, commentators conclude that “ships of Tarshish” was used to denote any large trading ships intended for long voyages, whatever their destination, and some Bible translations, including the NIV, go as far as to translate the phrase ship(s) of Tarshish as “trading ship(s).”
• Psalms 72:10, often interpreted as Messianic in Jewish and Christian tradition, has “May the kings of Tarshish and of the coastlands render him tribute
• may the kings of Sheba and Seba bring gifts!” This verse is the source text of the liturgical antiphon Reges Tharsis in Christian Cathedral music. In this Psalm, the ‘chain of scaled correlates’ consisting of ‘mountains and hills’, ‘rain and showers’, ‘seas and river’ leads up to the phrase ‘Tarshish and islands’, indicating that Tarshish was a large island.
• Isaiah contains three prophecies mentioning Tarshish. First, at 2:16 “against all the ships of Tarshish, and against all the beautiful craft,” then Tarshish is mentioned at length in Chapter23 against Tyre: “Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor!” (23:1 and 23:14) and “Cross over to Tarshish
• wail, O inhabitants of the coast!” (23:6). In 23:10, Tyre is identified as a “daughter of Tarshish”. These prophecies are reversed in Isaiah 60:9: “For the coastlands shall hope for me, the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your children from afar”
• and 66:19: “and I will set a sign among them. And from them I will send survivors to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands far away, that have not heard my fame or seen my glory. And they shall declare my glory among the nations.”
• Jeremiah only mentions Tarshish in passing as a source of silver: “Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz” (10:9).
• Ezekiel describes Tyre’s trading relations with Tarshish: “Tarshish did business with you because of your great wealth of every kind
• silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your wares” (27:12) and “The ships of Tarshish traveled for you with your merchandise. So you were filled and heavily laden in the heart of the seas” (27:25). The metals from Tarshish were stored in Tyre and resold, probably to Mesopotamia. In the prophecy against Gog, Ezekiel predicts: “Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all its leaders will say to you, ‘Have you come to seize spoil? Have you assembled your hosts to carry off plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to seize great spoil?'” (38:13)
• Jonah 1:3 and 4:2 mention Tarshish as a distant place: “But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Jaffa and found a ship going to Tarshish.” Jonah’s fleeing to Tarshish may need to be taken as “a place very far away” rather than a precise geographical term. On the Mediterranean Sea, ships that used only sails were often left stranded without wind, while ships with oars could continue their voyage.

• Esarhaddon, Aššur Babylon E (AsBbE) preserves “All the kings from the lands surrounded by sea – from the country Iadanana (Cyprus) and Iaman, as far as Tarsisi (Tarshish) – bowed to my feet.” Here, Tarshish is certainly a large island, and cannot be confused with Tarsus (Thompson and Skaggs 2013).
• Flavius Josephus (1st century) reads “Tarshush”, identifying it as the city of Tarsus in southern Asia Minor, which some have later equated with the Tarsisi mentioned in Assyrian records from the reign of Esarhaddon. Phoenician inscriptions were found at Karatepe in Cilicia. Bunsen and Sayce have seemed to agree with Josephus, but the Phoenicians were active in many regions where metals were available, and classical authors, some biblical authors, and certainly the Nora Stone that mentions Tarshish generally place Phoenician expansion aimed at metals-acquisition in West of the Mediterranean.
• The Septuagint and the Vulgate in several passages translate it with Carthage, apparently following a Jewish tradition found in the Targum of Jonathan (“Afriki”, i.e., Carthage).

Tarshish is placed on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea by several biblical passages, and more precisely: west of Israel. It is described as a source of various metals: “beaten silver is brought from Tarshish” (Jeremiah 10:9), and the Phoenicians of Tyre brought from there silver, iron, tin and lead (Ezekiel 27:12).

Where is the island of Solomon?

Solomon Islands are two parallel chains of volcanic islands and small coral atolls in the south-western Pacific. The country is mainly mountainous and covered in forests, although it has some extensive plains. Solomon Islands’ nearest neighbours are Vanuatu to the south-east and Papua New Guinea to the west.

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Where is Sheba today?

There is no consensus on the exact location of Sheba, though modern scholars have placed it in the general area spanning South Arabia and the Horn of Africa.

The Encyclopædia Britannica posits that the biblical narrative about Sheba was based on the ancient civilization of the Sabaeans in South Arabia. This view is echoed by Israeli archaeologist Israel Finkelstein and American historian Neil Asher Silberman, both of whom write that “the Sabaean kingdom began to flourish only from the eighth century BCE onward” and that the story of Solomon and Sheba is “an anachronistic seventh-century set piece meant to legitimize the participation of Judah in the lucrative Arabian trade” with regard to the narrative of Solomon leading Israel to conquer Sheba.

The two names Sheba (spelled in Hebrew with shin) and Seba (spelled with samekh) are mentioned several times in the Bible with different genealogy. For instance, in the Generations of Noah Seba, along with Dedan, is listed as a descendant of Noah’s son Ham (as sons of Raamah, son of Cush). Later on in the Book of Genesis, Sheba and Dedan are listed as names of sons of Jokshan, son of Abraham.Another Sheba is listed in the Table of Nations as a son of Joktan, another descendant of Noah’s son Shem.

There are several possible reasons for this confusion. One theory is that the Sabaeans established many colonies to control the trade routes and the variety of their caravan stations confused the ancient Israelites, as their ethnology was based on geographical and political grounds and not necessarily racial. Another theory suggests that the Sabaeans hailed from the southern Levant and established their kingdom on the ruins of the Minaeans.

Was Edom a country?

Edom and Idumea are two related but distinct terms; they relate to a historically-contiguous population but to two separate, if adjacent, territories which the Edomites/Idumeans occupied in different periods of their history. The Edomites first established a kingdom (“Edom”) in the southern area of modern-day Jordan and later migrated into the southern parts of the Kingdom of Judah (“Idumea”, modern-day Mount Hebron)(dubious – discuss) when Judah was first weakened and then destroyed by the Babylonians in the 6th century BC.

The Hebrew word Edom means “red”, and the Hebrew Bible relates it to the name of its founder, Esau, the elder son of the Hebrew patriarch Isaac, because he was born “red all over”. As a young adult, he sold his birthright to his brother Jacob for a portion of “red pottage”. The Tanakh describes the Edomites as descendants of Esau.

The Edomites may have been connected with the Shasu and Shutu, nomadic raiders mentioned in Egyptian sources. Indeed, a letter from an Egyptian scribe at a border fortress in the Wadi Tumilat during the reign of Merneptah reports movement of nomadic “shasu-tribes of Edom” to watering holes in Egyptian territory. The earliest Iron Age settlements—possibly copper mining camps—date to the 11th century BC. Settlement intensified by the late 8th century BC and the main sites so far excavated have been dated between the 8th and 6th centuries BC. The last unambiguous reference to Edom is an Assyrian inscription of 667BC. Edom ceased to exist as a state when it became conquered by Nabonidus in the 6th century BC.

Who had the largest fleet of ships?

What country had the largest navy of all time?. The largest naval fleet of all time belonged to the United States during World War II. At its peak, the U.S. Navy consisted of 6,768 vessels. Since that peak, most countries around the world have reduced the size of their navies, investing in fewer, but more capable ships or other assets entirely. In light of this sea change, it is unlikely that any future navy will ever have more ships than the WWII-era U.S.

Top 10 Largest Navies in the World (by total number of warships and submarines – 2020):. Modern navies and why “largest” does not mean “most powerful”. While the above data are helpful, it’s vital to keep in mind that they can also be misleading. Size is one thing, but strength is something else entirely. Navies can be made up of a wide variety of ships, from antiquated 180-foot-long patrol boats to 500-foot submarines armed with nuclear missiles to state-of-the-art 1000-foot aircraft carriers laden with up to 90 fighter planes and/or attack helicopters. Yet, when totaling the number of ships in a country’s navy, each of these three very different vessels counts as the same thing: one ship. This is akin to saying a squirrel is the same as a rhino, or a scooter is the same as an 18-wheel semi-truck. But it’s what happens when navies are compared based solely on their total number of ships.

What’s more, different sources have contrasting guidelines about which types of ship they consider part of a country’s navy. For instance, China’s navy includes more than 100 hovercraft, which sources may or may not consider navy ships. Also, most modern navies incorporate not just commissioned ships on active duty, but non-commissioned ships, support vessels, reserve fleets, and even under-construction ships, which some sources count and others do not. The way a given source handles variables such as these can have a massive effect on the total number of ships a country’s navy is estimated to have.