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prosperous days of the commerce with the Elanitic Gulf seemed to be at this time nearly past; yet, after the revolt of the ten tribes, Edom remaining to the house of David, they still carried on a sort of trade from the Elanitic Gulf, though attended with many difficulties. This continued till the reign of Jehosaphat * ; but, on Jehoram's succeeding that prince, the Edomites † revolted and chose a king of their own, and were never after subject to the kings of Judah till the reign of Uzziah ‡, who conquered Eloth, fortified it, and having peopled it with a colony of his own, revived the old traffic. This subsisted till the reign of Ahaz, when Rezin king of Damascus took Eloth ║, and expelled the Jews, planting in their stead a colony of Syri- ans.

† 2 Kings, chap. viii. ver. 22. 2 Chron. chap. xxi. ver. 10. ‡ 2 Kings, chap. xiv. ver. 22. 2 Chron. chap. 26. ver. ii. ║ 2 Kings, chap. xvi. ver. 6.
 * 1 Kings, chap. xxii. ver. 48. 2 Chron. chap. xx. ver. 36.