Where Is Ezion-Geber? A Reappraisal of the Site Archaeologist Nelson Glueck Identified as King Solomon’s Red Sea Port

King Solomon built a fleet of ships at Ezion-Geber which is near Elath on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom … and they went to Ophir and brought from there gold … and they brought it to King Solomon” (1 Kings 9:26; see 2 Chronicles 8:11–18 for parallel passage).

Ophir is endlessly elusive. But where is Ezion-Geber?

The geographical markers concerning Ezion-Geber in the Bible are so numerous and so locatable that one might suppose it would be easily found. It was the southernmost port city of the Solomonic empire; from there royal ships sailed to Ophir. It was in the land of Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea, near Elath.