Discovery Box1 Kings 22:48-51 
Context22:48 Jehoshaphat built a fleet of large merchant ships 1 to travel to Ophir for gold, but they never made the voyage because they were shipwrecked in Ezion Geber. 22:49 Then Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my sailors join yours in the fleet,” 2 but Jehoshaphat refused.
22:50 Jehoshaphat passed away 3 and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor 4 David. His son Jehoram replaced him as king.
Ahaziah’s Reign over Israel
22:51 In the seventeenth year of King Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahab’s son Ahaziah became king over Israel in Samaria. 5 He ruled for two years over Israel.
1 tn Heb “a fleet of Tarshish [ships].” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.
2 tn Heb “Let my servants go with your servants in the fleet.”
3 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
4 tn Heb “with his fathers in the city of his father.”
5 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
