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2 Chronicles 20:35-21:1
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35 Later King Jehoshaphat of Judah made an alliance with King Ahaziah of Israel, who[a] did evil. 36 They agreed[b] to make large seagoing merchant ships;[c] they built the ships in Ezion Geber. 37 Eliezer son of Dodavahu from Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, “Because[d] you made an alliance with Ahaziah, the Lord will shatter what you have made.” The ships were wrecked and unable to go to sea.[e]

21 Jehoshaphat passed away[f] and was buried with his ancestors[g] in the City of David.[h] His son Jehoram[i] replaced him as king.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 20:35 tn Heb “he.” The pronoun has been translated as a relative pronoun for stylistic reasons.
  2. 2 Chronicles 20:36 tn Heb “he made an alliance with him.”
  3. 2 Chronicles 20:36 tn Heb “make ships to go to Tarshish.” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish; a “Tarshish-ship” was essentially a large seagoing merchant ship.
  4. 2 Chronicles 20:37 tn Heb “when.”
  5. 2 Chronicles 20:37 tn Heb “to go to Tarshish.”
  6. 2 Chronicles 21:1 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
  7. 2 Chronicles 21:1 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 10, 12, 19).
  8. 2 Chronicles 21:1 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
  9. 2 Chronicles 21:1 tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 8:20-24 has the variant spelling “Joram” for the son of Jehoshaphat.
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