1 Kings 22:48

American Standard Version

Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.

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1 Kings 22:48 in other translations

Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they didn’t go; for the ships wrecked at Ezion Geber.

1 Kings 22:48 · World English Bible

1 Kings 22:48 in context

  1. 46And the remnant of the sodomites, that remained in the days of his father Asa, he put away out of the land.
  2. 47And there was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
  3. 48Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
  4. 49Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.
  5. 50And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.