Text: 2 Chronicles 8:1-11
OT Text Referred to: 1 Kings 9:26-27
Subject: Other settlements, projects, and treaties
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: The Chronicler's account of Solomon's activities (2 Chr 8:1-11) covers some of the same ground as 1 Kings 9:26-27, which describes Solomon's fleet at Ezion-geber near Eloth on the Red Sea coast. Both texts attest to Solomon's maritime commercial ventures with Hiram's seamen, demonstrating the scope of Solomonic imperial reach. The Chronicler integrates these trading activities into a broader summary of Solomon's building and administrative achievements, presenting a comprehensive picture of the peace and prosperity that characterized the temple-builder's reign.
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Text: 1 Kings 9:26-27
OT Text Referred to: 2 Chronicles 8:1-11
Subject: Solomon's fleet and building projects — parallel context
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: The fleet at Ezion-geber described in 1 Kings 9:26-27, built with Hiram's maritime expertise, belongs to the broader context of Solomon's post-temple building program. The Chronicler in 2 Chronicles 8:1-11 covers the same period but reorganizes the material, placing the building projects (cities, forced labor, Pharaoh's daughter's relocation) before the maritime venture. The Chronicler's addition of the theological reason for moving Pharaoh's daughter — the holiness of places where the ark had been — is absent from Kings and reflects the Chronicler's characteristic concern with cultic purity.
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Text: 1 Kings 9:26
OT Text Referred to: 2 Chronicles 8:1
Subject: other settlements, projects, and treaties
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: In 1 Kings 9:26, Solomon builds a fleet at Ezion-geber near Eloth in the land of Edom. The Chronicler in 2 Chronicles 8:1-2 covers the broader context of Solomon's building projects, including the cities that "Huram had given Solomon" (the reverse of Kings' account where Solomon gives cities to Hiram). The connection between these texts lies in Solomon's expansion of Israelite territorial control and infrastructure — the Red Sea port at Ezion-geber gave Israel access to the lucrative Ophir trade route, while the building projects secured his northern territories.