1 Kings 22 · Verse 48

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, King James Version

1 Kings 22:48 in other translations

BSBJehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
WEBJehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they didn’t go, for the ships wrecked at Ezion Geber.
ASVJehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
YLTJehoshaphat made ships at Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, and they went not, for the ships were broken in Ezion-Geber.
DARBYJehoshaphat made Tarshish-ships to go to Ophir for gold; but they went not, for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
BBEAnd 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.
WebsterJehoshaphat 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
Verse 48 Ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold - In the parallel place (2Chr 20:36) it is said that Jehoshaphat joined himself to Ahaziah, to make ships to go to Tharshish; and they made the ships in Ezion-geber. Concerning these places, and the voyage thither, see the notes on 1Kgs 9:26-28 (note); 1Kgs 10:11 (note), 1Kgs 10:22 (note). Some translate, instead of ships of Tharshish, ships of burden. See Houbigant, who expresses himself doubtful as to the meaning of the word.

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.

Read the full comment on 1 Kings 22:41-50 →

1 Kings 22:48 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יְהוֹשָׁפָ֡טye.ho.sha.FatJehoshaphatH3092
עָשָׂה֩a.sarhe madeH6213
אֳנִיּ֨וֹת'o.ni.Yotships ofH591
תַּרְשִׁ֜ישׁtar.ShishTarshishH8659
לָלֶ֧כֶתla.Le.khetto goH1980
אוֹפִ֛ירָה'o.Fi.rahOphir towardsH211
לַזָּהָ֖בla.za.Havfor <the> goldH2091
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
הָלָ֑ךְha.Lakhit wentH1980
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
נִשְׁבְּר֥וּnish.be.rahthey were brokenH7665
אֳנִיּ֖וֹת'o.ni.Yot[the] shipsH591
בְּעֶצְי֥וֹןbe.'etz.Yonat EzionH6100
גָּֽבֶר\׃Ga.verGeberH6100

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

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.

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jehoshaphat.
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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

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.

Read all of 1 Kings 22

1 Kings 22:48 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
No había entonces rey en Edom; presidente había en lugar de rey.
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.