2 Chronicles 20:37
37
Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have made an alliance with Ahaziah, the LORD will destroy what you have made.” The ships were wrecked and were not able to set sail to trade.a
Read 2 Chronicles 20:37 Using Other Translations
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.
Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, "Because you have joined with Ahaziah, the LORD will destroy what you have made." And the ships were wrecked and were not able to go to Tarshish.
Then Eliezer son of Dodavahu from Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat. He said, “Because you have allied yourself with King Ahaziah, the LORD will destroy your work.” So the ships met with disaster and never put out to sea.
What does 2 Chronicles 20:37 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
2 Chronicles
20:37
(See Gill on 1 Kings 22:48).
Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah
A city in the tribe of Judah, ( Joshua 15:44
)
prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, because thou hast
joined
thyself with Ahaziah;
an idolatrous prince, with whom he ought to have had no
fellowship, even in civil things, it being both a countenancing
him, and exposing himself and people to danger:
the Lord hath broken thy works;
the ships built at the joint expense of the two kings, that is,
the Lord had determined to break them, and now foretold that he
would; the Targum is,
``the Word of the Lord hath destroyed thy works:''and the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish;
(See Gill on 1 Kings 22:48).
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