1 Raja-raja 22:48-53

22:48 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. 22:52 He did evil in the sight of ⁶  the Lord and followed in the footsteps ⁷  of his father and mother; like Jeroboam son of Nebat, he encouraged Israel to sin. ⁸  22:53 He worshiped and bowed down to Baal, ⁹  angering the Lord God of Israel just as his father had done. ¹⁰ 

[22:48]  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.

[22:49]  ² tn Heb “Let my servants go with your servants in the fleet.”

[22:50]  ³ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[22:50]  ⁴ tn Heb “with his fathers in the city of his father.”

[22:51]  ⁵ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[22:52]  ⁶ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[22:52]  ⁷ tn Or “way.”

[22:52]  ⁸ tn Heb “and walked in the way of his father and in the way of his mother and in the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat who made Israel sin.”

[22:53]  ⁹ tn Heb “he served Baal and bowed down to him.”

[22:53]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “according to all which his father had done.”