1 Kings 22:48
ContextNET © | 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. |
NIV © | Now Jehoshaphat built a fleet of trading ships to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail—they were wrecked at Ezion Geber. |
NASB © | Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber. |
NLT © | Jehoshaphat also built a fleet of trading ships to sail to Ophir for gold. But the ships never set sail, for they were wrecked at Ezion–geber. |
MSG © | Jehoshaphat built ocean-going ships to sail to Ophir for gold. But they never made it; they shipwrecked at Ezion Geber. |
BBE © | And the representative of King Jehoshaphat made a Tarshish-ship to go to Ophir for gold, but it did not go, because it was broken at Ezion-geber. |
NRSV © | Jehoshaphat made ships of the Tarshish type to go to Ophir for gold; but they did not go, for the ships were wrecked at Ezion-geber. |
NKJV © | Jehoshaphat made merchant ships to go to Ophir for gold; but they never sailed, for the ships were wrecked at Ezion Geber. |
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NET © | 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. |
NET © Notes |
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. |