2 Chronicles 20:35–37

20:35 Later King Jehoshaphat of Judah made an alliance with King Ahaziah of Israel, who56 did evil. 20:36 They agreed57 to make large seagoing merchant ships;58 they built the ships in Ezion Geber. 20:37 Eliezer son of Dodavahu from Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, “Because59 you made an alliance with Ahaziah, the Lord will shatter what you have made.” The ships were wrecked and unable to go to sea.60

56	tn Heb “he.” The pronoun has been translated as a relative pronoun for stylistic reasons.
57	tn Heb “he made an alliance with him.”
58	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.
59	tn Heb “when.”
60	tn Heb “to go to Tarshish.”