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 Ezion–geber.
1 Kings 22:48 in other translations
| BSB | Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber. |
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| WEB | Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they didn’t go, for the ships wrecked at Ezion Geber. |
| ASV | Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber. |
| YLT | Jehoshaphat made ships at Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, and they went not, for the ships were broken in Ezion-Geber. |
| DARBY | Jehoshaphat made Tarshish-ships to go to Ophir for gold; but they went not, for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber. |
| BBE | And the representative of King Jehoshaphat made a Tarshish-ship to go to Ophir for gold, but it did not go, because it was broken at Ezion-geber. |
| Webster | Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber. |
What does 1 Kings 22:48 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 22:41-50
Jehoshaphat's reign appears to have been one of the best, both as to piety and prosperity. He pleased God, and God blessed him.
1 Kings 22:48 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 22:48
- 1 Kings 9:26
And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion–geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.
- 1 Kings 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.
- 1 Kings 9:28
And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
- Psalms 48:7
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
- Numbers 33:35-36
And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Ezion–gaber. And they removed from Ezion–gaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.
- 2 Chronicles 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.
- Jonah 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.
- Psalms 45:9
Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
- Isaiah 2:16
And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
- Isaiah 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.
- 2 Chronicles 20:21
And 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.
- 2 Chronicles 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.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ch 20:35,36-21:1
made ships. or, had ten ships.
10:22; 2Ch 9:21; Ps 48:7; Isa 2:16; 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.
9:28; Ps 45:9
they went not.
2Ch 20:37; 25:7
Ezion-geber.
9:26; Nu 33:35,36
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Context
- 1 Kings 22:47
There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
- 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 Ezion–geber.
- 1 Kings 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.
1 Kings 22:48 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No había entonces rey en Edom; presidente había en lugar de rey. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il n’y avait pas de roi en Édom; un gouverneur y régnait. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und es war damals kein König in Edom; ein Statthalter war König. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Nec erat tunc rex constitutus in Edom. |