KJV King James Version
Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.
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1 Kings 22:48
Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
WEB World English Bible
Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they didn’t go; for the ships were broken at Ezion Geber.
ASV American Standard Version
Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Jehoshaphat made ships at Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, and they went not, for the ships were broken in Ezion-Geber.
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 22
45 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed, and how he warred, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
46 And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.
47 [There was] then no king in Edom: a deputy [was] king.
48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.
49 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.
50 And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
51 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.
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יְהוֹשָׁפָ֡טH3092 · ye.ho.sha.phatJehoshaphatעָשָׂה֩H6213 · a.sahto make: doאֳנִיּ֨וֹתH591 · o.niy.yahfleetתַּרְשִׁ֜ישׁH8659 · tar.shishTarshishלָלֶ֧כֶתH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentאוֹפִ֛ירָהH211 · o.phirOphirלַזָּהָ֖בH2091 · za.havgoldוְלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotהָלָ֑ךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforנִשְׁבְּר֥וּH7665 · sha.varto breakאֳנִיּ֖וֹתH591 · o.niy.yahfleetבְּעֶצְי֥וֹןH6100 · ets.yon ge.verEzion-geberגָּֽבֶר׃H6100 · ets.yon ge.verEzion-geber
Cross-references
1 Kings 10:22For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.1 Kings 9:26And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which [is] beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.1 Kings 9:28And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought [it] to king Solomon.Psalm 45:9Kings’ daughters [were] among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.2 Chronicles 25:7But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD [is] not with Israel, [to wit, with] all the children of Ephraim.2 Chronicles 20:35-37And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:Jonah 1:3But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.2 Chronicles 20:21And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy [endureth] for ever.Isaiah 2:16And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.Psalm 48:7Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.2 Chronicles 9:21For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.Numbers 33:35-36And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Eziongaber.Isaiah 60:9Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
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