2 Tawarikh 20:36-37

20:36 They agreed ¹  to make large seagoing merchant ships; ²  they built the ships in Ezion Geber. 20:37 Eliezer son of Dodavahu from Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, “Because ³  you made an alliance with Ahaziah, the Lord will shatter what you have made.” The ships were wrecked and unable to go to sea. ⁴ 

[20:36]  ¹ tn Heb “he made an alliance with him.”

[20:36]  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.

[20:37]  ³ tn Heb “when.”

[20:37]  ⁴ tn Heb “to go to Tarshish.”