2 Chronicles 20:37
Then prophesied, Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah, against Jehoshaphat, saying,—Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, Yahweh hath broken in pieces thy works. So the ships were wrecked, and were not able to go unto Tarshish.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
36and he joined with him, to make ships to go unto Tarshish,—and they made ships in Ezion-geber,
Cross References
1 Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat, made ships of Tarshish, to go to Ophir, for gold; but they went not,—for ships had been broken to pieces in Ezion-geber.
2 Chronicles 11:8and Gath and Mareshah, and Ziph;
2 Chronicles 19:2And there came out to meet him, Jehu son of Hanani, the seer, who said unto King Jehoshaphat, Unto the lawless, was it [right] to give help? and, on them who hate Yahweh, to bestow thy love? For this cause, therefore, is there wrath against thee, from before Yahweh;
Proverbs 13:20He that walketh with the wise, becometh wise, but, the friend of dullards, becometh foolish.
Revelation 3:19I, as many as I tenderly love, I convict and put under discipline: 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 →