2 Chronicles 20:35-21:1
Legacy Standard Bible
Jehoshaphat Allies with Ahaziah
35 (A)Afterwards, Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. He acted wickedly [a]in so doing. 36 So he allied himself with him to make ships to go (B)to Tarshish, and they made the ships in Ezion-geber. 37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat saying, “Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, Yahweh has destroyed your works.” So the ships were broken and could not go to Tarshish.
Jehoram Reigns over Judah
21 (C)And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, and Jehoram his son became king in his place.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 20:35 Lit to do
2 Chronicles 20:35-21:1
New English Translation
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
- 2 Chronicles 20:35 tn Heb “he.” The pronoun has been translated as a relative pronoun for stylistic reasons.
- 2 Chronicles 20:36 tn Heb “he made an alliance with him.”
- 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.
- 2 Chronicles 20:37 tn Heb “when.”
- 2 Chronicles 20:37 tn Heb “to go to Tarshish.”
- 2 Chronicles 21:1 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
- 2 Chronicles 21:1 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 10, 12, 19).
- 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.
- 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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