1 Kings 22:48-51

Jehoshaphat Reigns in Judah

48 Jehoshaphat made b ships of Tarshish to go to c Ophir for gold, but they did not go, for the ships were wrecked at d Ezion-geber. 49 Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "Let my servants go with your servants in the ships," but Jehoshaphat was not willing. 50 e And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father, and Jehoram his son reigned in his place.

Ahaziah Reigns in Israel

51 Ahaziah the son of Ahab f began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel.

  1. Cross References
    1 Kings 10:22
    For the king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with the fleet of Hiram. Once every three years the fleet of ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
  2. Cross References
    1 Kings 9:28
    And they went to Ophir and brought from there gold, 420 talents, and they brought it to King Solomon.
  3. Cross References
    1 Kings 9:26
    King Solomon built a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
  4. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 21:1
    Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, and Jehoram his son reigned in his place.
  5. Cross References
    1 Kings 22:40
    So Ahab slept with his fathers, and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.
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