1 Kings 22:48
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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Jehoshaphat

2 Chronicles 20:35, 36
Later, Jehoshaphat king of Judah made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted wickedly. . . .

made ships.

1 Kings 10:22
For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram's fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

2 Chronicles 9:21
For the king had the ships of Tarshish that went with Hiram' s servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

Psalm 48:7
With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.

Isaiah 2:16
against every ship of Tarshish, and every stately vessel.

Isaiah 60:9
Surely the islands will wait for Me, with the ships of Tarshish in the lead, to bring your children from afar, with their silver and gold, to the honor of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for He has bestowed glory on you.

Jonah 1:3
Jonah, however, got up and fled to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.

to Ophir

1 Kings 9:28
They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there--420 talents--and delivered it to Solomon.

Psalm 45:9
The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.

they went not

2 Chronicles 20:37
Then Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, "Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works." So the ships were wrecked and were unable to sail to Tarshish.

2 Chronicles 25:7
But a man of God came to him and said, "O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for the LORD is not with Israel--not with any of the Ephraimites.

Ezion-geber

1 Kings 9:26
King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.

Numbers 33:35, 36
They set out from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber. . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.

King James Bible
Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go because the ships were wrecked at Ezion-geber.

International Standard Version
Jehoshaphat had ocean-going vessels from Tarshish sail to Ophir for gold, but they never made it because they were shipwrecked at Ezion-geber.

NET Bible
Jehoshaphat built a fleet of large merchant ships to travel to Ophir for gold, but they never made the voyage because they were shipwrecked in Ezion Geber.
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