1 Kings 22:48
Jehoshaphat, made ships of Tarshish, to go to Ophir, for gold; but they went not,—for ships had been broken to pieces in Ezion-geber.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
47And, king, was there none in Edom, a prefect, was king.
Cross References
Genesis 27:37Then answered Isaac and said to Esau,—Lo a lord, have I appointed him unto thee, And, all his brethren, have I given to him as servants, And with corn and new wine, have I sustained him,—And for thee—now, what can I do, my son?
2 Samuel 8:14And he put, in Edom, garrisons, throughout all Edom, put be garrisons, and so it was that all Edom became servants unto David,—and Yahweh gave victory unto David, whithersoever he went.
1 Kings 9:28and they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence, gold, four hundred and twenty talents,—and brought it to King Solomon.
2 Kings 3:9Then departed the king of Israel, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom, and went round, a journey of seven days,—and there was no water for the host, nor for the cattle that went with them.
2 Chronicles 9:21For, the ships of the king, used to go to Tarshish, with the servants of Huram,—once in three years, came in the ships of Tarshish, bearing gold and silver, ivory and apes, and peacocks.
2 Chronicles 20:35Yet, after this, did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel,—he, was lawless in his doings;
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 22:42-53
Jehoshaphat's Death. ( b. c. 897.) 41 And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. 42 Jehoshaphat 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. 43 And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the Lord : nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people… Read the whole commentary →