The Edomites repeated, "We refuse!" and they marched out with a powerful army to attack the people of Israel.

Because the Edomites would not let the Israelites pass through their territory, the Israelites turned and went another way.

Then they went on through the desert, going around the land of Edom and the land of Moab until they came to the east side of Moab, on the other side of the Arnon River. They camped there, but they did not cross the Arnon because it was the boundary of Moab.

King Solomon also built a fleet of ships at Eziongeber, which is near Elath on the shore of the Gulf of Aqaba, in the land of Edom.

Uzziah reconquered and rebuilt Elath after his father's death.

(At the same time the king of Edom regained control of the city of Elath and drove out the Judeans who lived there. The Edomites settled in Elath and still live there.)