Eziongeber: 2 Chronicles 20:36; Numbers 33:35; 1 Kings 9:26-27, 1 Kings 22:48
Eloth: Deuteronomy 2:8; 2 Kings 14:22, 2 Kings 16:6, Elath
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2 Chronicles 8:17
2 Chronicles 8:17
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