And he said, You shall not pass through. And Edom came out against them with many people and with a strong hand.

Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory; so Israel turned away from him.

And they went along through the wilderness and bypassed the land of Edom and the land of Moab, came to the east side of the land of Moab, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.

King Solomon also built a fleet of ships at Ezion Geber, which is near Elath on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

He built Elath and restored it to Judah, after the king rested with his fathers.

At that time Rezin king of Syria restored Elath to Syria, and cleared out the men of Judah from Elath. Then the Syrians went to Elath, and dwell there to this day.