Event

The ships Jehoshaphat and Ahaziah make together are wrecked

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2 Chronicles 20:35–37: Jehoshaphat joins Ahaziah king of Israel, who acts wickedly, to make ships at Ezion Geber for Tarshish. Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesies against Jehoshaphat, "Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works." The ships are wrecked and cannot go to Tarshish.

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2CH 20:35–37, engwebp
³⁵After this, Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. The same did very wickedly.
³⁶He joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish. They made the ships in Ezion Geber.
³⁷Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works.” The ships were wrecked, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
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Machine comparison on 2026-10-07: the wording raised none of the 3 rules against the passages this entry cites. No person has read it.

Unresolved interpretation: Jehoshaphat’s ships and his alliance with Ahaziah

1 Kings 22:48–49 says Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they were wrecked at Ezion Geber; when Ahaziah afterward proposed sending his servants with Jehoshaphat’s, Jehoshaphat refused.
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- 1KI 22:41–50, engwebp
  ⁴¹Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
  ⁴²Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
  ⁴³He walked in all the way of Asa his father. He didn’t turn away from it, doing that which was right in the LORD’s eyes. However, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
  ⁴⁴Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
  ⁴⁵Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he fought, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
  ⁴⁶The remnant of the sodomites, that remained in the days of his father Asa, he put away out of the land.
  ⁴⁷There was no king in Edom. A deputy ruled.
  ⁴⁸Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they didn’t go, for the ships wrecked at Ezion Geber.
  ⁴⁹Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants go with your servants in the ships.” But Jehoshaphat would not.
  ⁵⁰Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in his father David’s city. Jehoram his son reigned in his place.
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2 Chronicles 20:35–37 says Jehoshaphat joined Ahaziah to build ships at Ezion Geber for Tarshish, and Eliezer prophesied that the LORD would destroy the work because of that alliance; the ships were wrecked.
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- 2CH 20:35–37, engwebp
  ³⁵After this, Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. The same did very wickedly.
  ³⁶He joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish. They made the ships in Ezion Geber.
  ³⁷Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works.” The ships were wrecked, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
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The accounts describe the ships’ destination, the timing of Ahaziah’s involvement, and Jehoshaphat’s response differently. This collection does not use one account to rewrite the other.

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Jehoshaphat (son of Asa) — Took part in — The ships Jehoshaphat and Ahaziah make together are wrecked

Evidence: 2 Chronicles 20:35–37
Ahaziah (son of Ahab) — Took part in — The ships Jehoshaphat and Ahaziah make together are wrecked

Evidence: 2 Chronicles 20:35–37
Eliezer (son of Dodavahu) — Took part in — The ships Jehoshaphat and Ahaziah make together are wrecked

Evidence: 2 Chronicles 20:35–37
The ships Jehoshaphat and Ahaziah make together are wrecked — Narrated location — Ezion Geber

Evidence: 2 Chronicles 20:35–37

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Entry: The ships Jehoshaphat and Ahaziah make together are wrecked (event-2ch-20-ships-made-with-ahaziah-are-wrecked)
Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/event/2ch-20-ships-made-with-ahaziah-are-wrecked
Current wording: 2 Chronicles 20:35–37: Jehoshaphat joins Ahaziah king of Israel, who acts wickedly, to make ships at Ezion Geber for Tarshish. Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesies against Jehoshaphat, "Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works." The ships are wrecked and cannot go to Tarshish.
Cited evidence: 2CH 20:35–37, engwebp
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