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1Ki 22:48Jehoshaphat 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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Jehoshaphat   2Ch 20:35,36, etc.
made ships   or, had ten ships. 1Ki 10:22; 2Ch 9:21; Psa 48:7; Isa 2:16; Isa 60:9; Jon 1:3
Tharshish   "Josephus and the Chaldee and Arabic paraphrasts explain this place of Tarsus in Cilicia; the LXX., Theodoret, and Jerome, understand it of Carthage; but the learned Bochart makes it Tartessus, an island in the straits of Gades. Ibn Haukal describes Tarsousa as belonging to Andalus, or Andalusia; and Festus Avienus expressly says, Hic Gadir urbs est dicta Tartessus prius, ""the city Cadiz was formerly called Tartessus."""
to Ophir   1Ki 9:28; Psa 45:9
they went not   2Ch 20:37; 2Ch 25:7
Ezion-geber   1Ki 9:26; Num 33:35,36
Correlating Passages
Jehoshaphat
2Ch 20:35 And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:
2Ch 20:36 And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongeber.
made ships
1Ki 10:22 For 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.
2Ch 9:21 For 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.
Psa 48:7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
Isa 2:16 And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
Isa 60:9 Surely 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.
Jon 1:3 But 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.
to Ophir
1Ki 9:28 And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought [it] to king Solomon.
Psa 45:9 Kings' daughters [were] among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
they went not
2Ch 20:37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
2Ch 25:7 But 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.
Ezion-geber
1Ki 9:26 And 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.
Num 33:35 And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Eziongaber.
Num 33:36 And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which [is] Kadesh.

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Kings 22:48," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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