1 Reyes 22:48

48 Josafat también construyó una flota de barcos mercantes
para que navegaran hasta Ofir en busca de oro; pero los barcos nunca llegaron a zarpar porque naufragaron en su propio puerto de 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 Expulsó de la tierra a los demás prostitutos y prostitutas de los santuarios paganos, quienes seguían con sus prácticas desde los días de su padre Asa.

47 (En ese tiempo no había rey en Edom sino solo un regente).

48 Josafat también construyó una flota de barcos mercantes
para que navegaran hasta Ofir en busca de oro; pero los barcos nunca llegaron a zarpar porque naufragaron en su propio puerto de Ezión-geber.

49 En una oportunidad, Ocozías, hijo de Acab, le propuso a Josafat: «Deja que mis hombres naveguen con los tuyos en los barcos»; pero Josafat rechazó la propuesta.

50 Cuando Josafat murió, lo enterraron con sus antepasados en la Ciudad de David. Después su hijo Yoram lo sucedió en el trono.