1 Re 22:48

48 (H22-49) Giosafat costruì delle navi di Tarsis per andare a Ofir in cerca d’oro; ma poi non andò, perché le navi naufragarono a Etsion-Gheber.

1 Re 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 Re 22:48 In-Context

46 (H22-47) Egli fece sparire dal paese gli avanzi degli uomini che si prostituivano, che v’eran rimasti dal tempo di Asa suo padre.

47 (H22-48) Or a quel tempo non v’era re in Edom; un governatore fungeva da re.

48 (H22-49) Giosafat costruì delle navi di Tarsis per andare a Ofir in cerca d’oro; ma poi non andò, perché le navi naufragarono a Etsion-Gheber.

49 (H22-50) Allora Achazia, figliuolo d’Achab, disse a Giosafat: "Lascia che i miei servi vadano coi servi tuoi sulle navi!" Ma Giosafat non volle.

50 (H22-51) E Giosafat si addormentò coi suoi padri, e con essi fu sepolto nella città di Davide, suo padre; e Jehoram, suo figliuolo, regnò in luogo suo.