1 Reyes 22:48

48 Había hecho Josafat navíos en Tarsis, los cuales habían de ir a Ofir por oro; mas no fueron, porque se rompieron en Ezión-geber

1 Reyes 22:48 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 22:48

Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish
Ships to go to sea, particularly the Indian sea, ( 1 Kings 10:22 ) . Tarshish is used for the sea in general, ( Psalms 48:7 ) ( Isaiah 2:16 ) , in the Cetib, or text, it is "ten"; in the Keri, or margin, it is "made", which we follow, and may be put together, as in the Tigurine version, and read, "he made ten ships to go by sea":

even to go to Ophir for gold;
as Solomon did; of which place see ( 1 Kings 9:28 ) ,

but they went not, for the ships were broken at Eziongeber;
the port where they were built: as soon as they were launched, or sailed, they were broken to pieces against the rocks near the harbour, which stood up like a man's backbone, whence the port had its name; (See Gill on 1 Kings 9:26), and if this was Calzem, as there observed, near to it was a dangerous place for ships, and where many were lost, and is supposed to be the place where Pharaoh and his host were drowned {y}; the reason of this shipwreck was, because Jehoshaphat joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, for which he was reproved by the prophet Eliezer, and this was his punishment, ( 2 Chronicles 20:35-37 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 Vid. Geograph. Nub. Climat. 3. par. 3. in fine.

1 Reyes 22:48 In-Context

46 Barrió también de la tierra el resto de los prostitutos del culto pagano que habían quedado en el tiempo de su padre Asa

47 No había entonces rey en Edom; presidente había en lugar de rey

48 Había hecho Josafat navíos en Tarsis, los cuales habían de ir a Ofir por oro; mas no fueron, porque se rompieron en Ezión-geber

49 Entonces Ocozías hijo de Acab dijo a Josafat: Vayan mis siervos con los tuyos en los navíos. Mas Josafat no quiso

50 Y durmió Josafat con sus padres, y fue sepultado con sus padres en la ciudad de David su padre; y en su lugar reinó Joram su hijo