2 Chronicles 20 · Verse 36

2 Chronicles 20:36

And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion–geber.
2 Chronicles 20:36, King James Version

2 Chronicles 20:36 in other translations

BSBThey agreed to make ships to go to Tarshish, and these were built in Ezion-geber.
WEBHe joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish. They made the ships in Ezion Geber.
ASVand he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish; and they made the ships in Ezion-geber.
YLTand he joineth him with himself to make ships to go to Tarshish, and they make ships in Ezion-Geber,
DARBYAnd he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish; and they made the ships in Ezion-geber.
BBETogether they made ships to go to Tarshish, building them in Ezion-geber.
WebsterAnd he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion-geber.

What does 2 Chronicles 20:36 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 20:35-37

35-37. after this did Jehoshaphat ... join himself with Ahaziah ... to make ships--A combined fleet was built at Ezion-geber, the destination of which was to voyage to Tartessus, but it was wrecked. Jehoshaphat's motive for entering into this partnership was to secure a free passage through Israel, for the vessels were to be conveyed across the Isthmus of Suez, and to sail to the west of Europe from one of the ports…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 36 To go to Tarshish - "In the great sea." - Targum. By which expression they always meant the Mediterranean Sea.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 20:31-37

Jehoshaphat kept close to the worship of God, and did what he could to keep his people close to it. But after God had done such great things for him, given him not only victory, but wealth; after this, to go and join himself with a wicked king, was very ungrateful. What could he expect but that God would be angry with him? Yet it seems, he took the warning; for when Ahaziah afterward pressed him to join him, he…

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2 Chronicles 20:36 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.

וַיְחַבְּרֵ֣הוּvay.cha.be.Re.huand he allied himselfH2266
עִמּ֔וֹi.Mowith himH5973
לַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.Sotto makeH6213
אֳנִיּ֖וֹת'o.ni.YotshipsH591
לָלֶ֣כֶתla.Le.khetto goH1980
תַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁtar.ShishTarshishH8659
וַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּvai.ya.'a.Suand they madeH6213
אֳנִיּ֖וֹת'o.ni.YotshipsH591
בְּעֶצְי֥וֹןbe.'etz.Yonin EzionH6100
גָּֽבֶר\׃Ga.verGeberH6100

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

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 20:36

  • 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.

  • 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 9:26

    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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And he joined."At first Jehoshaphat was unwilling, 1 Ki 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-gaber.
1Ki 9:26
Ezion-geber.

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 20:35

    And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:

  • 2 Chronicles 20:36

    And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion–geber.

  • 2 Chronicles 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.

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2 Chronicles 20:36 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		E hizo con él compañía para aparejar navíos que fuesen á Tharsis; y construyeron los navíos en Esion-geber.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il s’associa avec lui pour construire des navires pour aller à Tarsis; et ils construisirent les navires à Étsion-Guéber.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und er verband sich mit ihm, Schiffe zu bauen, um nach Tarsis zu fahren; und sie bauten Schiffe zu Ezjon-Geber.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et particeps fuit ut facerent naves quæ irent in Tharsis: feceruntque classem in Asiongaber.