2 Chronicles 20:37
Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works.” The ships were wrecked, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
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In Context
36He joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish. They made the ships in Ezion Geber.
Cross References
1 Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they didn’t go, for the ships wrecked at Ezion Geber.
2 Chronicles 11:8Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
2 Chronicles 19:2Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked, and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, wrath is on you from before the LORD.
Proverbs 13:20One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.
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 →