1 Kings 22:49
Context22:49 Then Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my sailors join yours in the fleet,” 1 but Jehoshaphat refused.
1 Kings 9:27
Context9:27 Hiram sent his fleet and some of his sailors, who were well acquainted with the sea, to serve with Solomon’s men. 2
1 Kings 10:11
Context10:11 (Hiram’s fleet, which carried gold from Ophir, also brought from Ophir a very large quantity of fine timber and precious gems.
1 Kings 22:48
Context22:48 Jehoshaphat built a fleet of large merchant ships 3 to travel to Ophir for gold, but they never made the voyage because they were shipwrecked in Ezion Geber.
1 tn Heb “Let my servants go with your servants in the fleet.”
2 tn Heb “and Hiram sent with the fleet his servants, men of ships, [who] know the sea, [to be] with the servants of Solomon.”
3 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.