992 B. C.] "And King Solomon made a navy of Ships in Ezion-Geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea in the land of Edom,"--but those writers avoid quoting the succeeding verses,--and two in 2 Chronicles [viii. 17, 18]. "And _Hiram_ sent in the navy his servants,--shipmen [_i. e._ pilots and mariners] that have a knowledge of the Sea,--with the servants ["common-hands"] of Solomon." "Then went Solomon to Ezion-Geber, and to Eloth, at the Sea-side [Red Sea] in the land of Edom. And Hiram sent him by the hands of his servants,--_Ships_, and servants that had a knowledge of the Sea"--[_i. e._ pilots and mariners]. Now this last quotation has reference to the same voyage,--and it is there shewn that the Tyrians actually _built_ the ships:--they were probably framed and fashioned at Tyrus,--then taken in parts _over land_, (for Hiram "sent them")--and that is the only way the timbers could have reached the Red Sea, from the Mediterranean,--and then the ships were built or put together, by the Tyrians at Ezion-Geber,--and from thence they commenced their voyage to Ophir, (although some doubt the locality) on the shores of India, and their return cargo was "420 talents of gold." [_i. e._ two millions and a quarter sterling.] We are anxious to establish the fact that the Israelites had no Knowledge of Navigation, and that upon the authority of Holy-Writ,--for the Aborigines of _North_ America (who are descendants of Israel) have no nautical knowledge in its enlarged sense,--and, therefore, an analogy will be proved by the absence of Commercial Knowledge. In concluding the reign of the most renowned of the Tyrian Kings, the record of whom is placed beyond doubt, or question, in that Volume which will endure until the world itself shall become a clouded scroll,--a glance may be necessary to review the causes that led to the exalted, and unrivalled character of Tyrus: for that Nation at the completion of the Judæan Temples and Palaces [992 B. C.] was without a rival in station or power,--and beyond those worldly points, it stood unapproached (save by Israel) in the highest attributes of the mind,--in the majesty of intellect,--the chief ministers being Science, the Arts, and the long line of faithful followers, attendant on every refinement and accomplishment.