2 Chronicles 20:36

and he joins him with himself to make ships to go to Tarshish, and they make ships in Ezion-Geber,

Literal Standard Version

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

35And after this Jehoshaphat king of Judah has joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel (he did wickedly in doing [this]),

37and Eliezer son of Dodavah, of Mareshah, prophesies against Jehoshaphat, saying, “For your joining yourself with Ahaziah, YHWH has broken up your works”; and the ships are broken, and have not retained [power] to go to Tarshish.

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Cross References

1 Kings 10:22for the king has a navy of Tarshish at sea with a navy of Hiram; once in three years the navy of Tarshish comes, carrying gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks [[ or monkeys]].

2 Chronicles 9:21for ships of the king are going to Tarshish with servants of Huram: once in three years the ships of Tarshish come carrying gold, and silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks [[ or monkeys]].

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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