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2Ch 20:36 — And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongeber.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

And he joined		"""At first Jehoshaphat was unwilling, 1Ki 22:28, 49."""
Tarshish		"""Tarsos in the great sea,"" says the Targumist, by which is meant a a place in the Mediterranean, called the Great Sea by the Hebrews. See on 1Ki 10:22; Tharshish."
Ezion-geber		1Ki 9:26; Ezion-geber.

Correlating Passages

And he joined

	1Ki 22:28	And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.
	1Ki 22:49	Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.

Tarshish

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.

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.

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Scott, Thomas. "2 Chronicles 20:36," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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