2 Chronicles 20:36
ContextNET © | They agreed 1 to make large seagoing merchant ships; 2 they built the ships in Ezion Geber. |
NIV © | He agreed with him to construct a fleet of trading ships. After these were built at Ezion Geber, |
NASB © | So he allied himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish, and they made the ships in Ezion-geber. |
NLT © | Together they built a fleet of trading ships at the port of Ezion–geber. |
MSG © | He went in as partner with him to build ocean-going ships at Ezion Geber to trade with Tarshish. |
BBE © | Together they made ships to go to Tarshish, building them in Ezion-geber. |
NRSV © | He joined him in building ships to go to Tarshish; they built the ships in Ezion-geber. |
NKJV © | And he allied himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish, and they made the ships in Ezion Geber. |
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LXXM | gasiwngaber {N-PRI} |
NET © [draft] ITL | |
NET © | They agreed 1 to make large seagoing merchant ships; 2 they built the ships in Ezion Geber. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “he made an alliance with him.” 2 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. |