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2 Chronicles 20:36
2 Chronicles 20:36 is verse 36 of 2 Chronicles chapter 20, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
They agreed to make ships to go to Tarshish, and these were built in Ezion-geber.
Or a fleet of trading ships
King James Version
And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongaber.
World English Bible
He joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish. They made the ships in Ezion Geber.
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2 Chronicles 20:34–37 · Berean Standard Bible
34 As for the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, from beginning to end, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of Jehu son of Hanani, which are recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel.
35 Later, Jehoshaphat king of Judah made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted wickedly.
36 They agreed to make ships to go to Tarshish, and these were built in Ezion-geber.
37 Then Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works.” So the ships were wrecked and were unable to sail to Tarshish.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Kings 10:22For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
1 Kings 9:26King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.