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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.”
Verse in context — 2 Chronicles 20
34
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Jehu the son of Hanani, which is inserted in the book of the kings of Israel.
35
After this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel; the same did very wickedly:
36
and he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish; and they made the ships in Ezion Geber.
37
Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, "Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah, Yahweh has destroyed your works." The ships were broken, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
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Solomon’s reign and Judah’s history until the Babylonian exile.
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