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Ezion-geber approximate

A wilderness camp named in this project’s own itinerary chapter (Numbers 33:35-36), the last stop before Kadesh — and, centuries later, Solomon’s own Red Sea port, from which his ships sail to Ophir for gold (1 Kings 9:26-28, not yet on these pages). The exact tell is debated (Tell el-Kheleifeh is the traditional candidate, though later surveys have questioned whether it alone can carry the whole port’s history), but the site’s general location, at the head of the gulf, is not in serious dispute.

in the text Num 33:35 Num 33:36 1 Kings 9:26
📍 Ezion-geber — modern-day Near modern Aqaba/Eilat, at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba; often identified with Tell el-Kheleifeh
🗺️ No ancient-world overlay on the shelf yet for this site — a period map showing how the region actually looked in the biblical world gets added here as Mr. Librarian curates one, the same way the encyclopedia's film shelf grows.
▶ No films on the shelf yet — archaeology and geography videos get added here as Mr. Librarian finds good ones.