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48 Jehoshaphat constructed trading ships[a] to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set out, because the ships were wrecked at Ezion Geber.[b] 49 Then Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants go with your servants in ships,” but Jehoshaphat was not willing.

50 Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of his father David. Then his son Jehoram became king in his place.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 22:48 Hebrew ships of Tarshish
  2. 1 Kings 22:48 The twin port of Elat/Ezion Geber was the home port of this fleet, so the fleet never left home.