1Ki 22:48-49 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 1Kgs 22:48-49: 22:48-49 Jehoshaphat built this fleet of trading ships in alliance with Ahaziah (see 2 Chr 20:35-37 ). Like Solomon, the two kings planned to send a fleet to Ophir in search of gold (1 Kgs 9:27-28 ; 10:11 ). The venture was ill-fated; to fulfill a prophetic warning (2 Chr 20:37 ), the Lord destroyed the fleet before it left port. Jehoshaphat wisely did not become entangled with Ahaziah a second time. • Ezion-geber was Solomon’s port city on the Gulf of Aqaba (1 Kgs 9:26 ).

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‏ 1 Kings 22:48-49

Summary for 1Kgs 22:48-49: 22:48-49 ^a Jehoshaphat built this fleet of trading ships in alliance with Ahaziah (see 2 Chr 20:35-37 ^b). Like Solomon, the two kings planned to send a fleet to Ophir in search of gold (1 Kgs 9:27-28 ^c; 10:11 ^d). The venture was ill-fated; to fulfill a prophetic warning (2 Chr 20:37 ^e), the Lord destroyed the fleet before it left port. Jehoshaphat wisely did not become entangled with Ahaziah a second time.

• Ezion-geber was Solomon’s port city on the Gulf of Aqaba (1 Kgs 9:26 ^f).