1Ki 22:48 | NETfull | STEP | Jehoshaphat built a fleet of large merchant ships to travel to Ophir for gold, but they never made the voyage because they were shipwrecked in Ezion Geber.

1 Kings 22:48

48 Jehoshaphat built a fleet of large merchant ships ^{▼▼ Heb “a fleet of Tarshish [ships].” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.} to travel to Ophir for gold, but they never made the voyage because they were shipwrecked in Ezion Geber.