2 Chronicles 20:36

Together they made ships to go to Tarshish, building them in Ezion-geber.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion-gaber.

In Context

35After this Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, became friends with Ahaziah, king of Israel, who did much evil:

37Then the word of Eliezer the prophet, the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah, came against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because you have let yourself be joined with Ahaziah, the Lord has sent destruction on your works. And the ships were broken and were not able to go to Tarshish.

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Cross References

1 Kings 10:22For the king had Tarshish-ships at sea with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the Tarshish-ships came with gold and silver and ivory and monkeys and peacocks.

2 Chronicles 9:21For the king had Tarshish-ships sailing with the servants of Huram: once every three years the Tarshish-ships came back with gold and silver, ivory and monkeys and peacocks.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 20:32-37

Jehoshaphat's Navy Wrecked. ( b. c. 892.) 31 And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. 32 And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the Lord . 33 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers. 34 Now the rest… Read the whole commentary →

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