1 Kings 22:48

48 Jehoshaphat built ships of the Tarshish [type] to go to Ophir for the gold; but he did not go because the ships were destroyed at Ezion-Geber.

1 Kings 22:48 In-Context

46 The remainder of the male shrine prostitutes who were left over in the days of Asa his father he exterminated from the land.
47 There was not a king in Edom; a governor [served] as king.
48 Jehoshaphat built ships of the Tarshish [type] to go to Ophir for the gold; but he did not go because the ships were destroyed at Ezion-Geber.
49 Then Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "Let my servants go with your servants in the ships," but Jehoshaphat was not willing.
50 And Jehoshaphat slept with his ancestors and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David his ancestor, and Joram his son became king in his place.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. According to the reading tradition(Qere); what is written (Kethib) is "ten"
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