2 Chronicles 20:36

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Together they made ships to go to Tarshish, building them in Ezion-geber.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 9:26 : 26 And King Solomon made a sea-force of ships in Ezion-geber, by Eloth, on the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
  • 1 Kgs 10:22 : 22 For the king had Tarshish-ships at sea with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the Tarshish-ships came with gold and silver and ivory and monkeys and peacocks.
  • 2 Chr 9:21 : 21 For the king had Tarshish-ships sailing with the servants of Huram: once every three years the Tarshish-ships came back with gold and silver, ivory and monkeys and peacocks.

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  • 2 Chr 20:37
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    37 Then the word of Eliezer the prophet, the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah, came against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because you have let yourself be joined with Ahaziah, the Lord has sent destruction on your works. And the ships were broken and were not able to go to Tarshish.

  • 1 Kgs 22:48-49
    2 verses
    81%

    48 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.

    49 Then Ahaziah, the son of Ahab, said to Jehoshaphat, Let my men go with yours in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not let them.

  • 2 Chr 20:35
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    35 After this Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, became friends with Ahaziah, king of Israel, who did much evil:

  • 1 Kgs 9:26-27
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    26 And King Solomon made a sea-force of ships in Ezion-geber, by Eloth, on the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

    27 Hiram sent his servants, who were experienced seamen, in the sea-force with Solomon's men.

  • 2 Chr 8:17-18
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    72%

    17 Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth by the sea in the land of Edom.

    18 And Huram sent him, by his servants, ships and experienced seamen, who went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir and came back with four hundred and fifty talents of gold, which they took to King Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 18:1-3
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    72%

    1 Now Jehoshaphat had great wealth and honour, and his son was married to Ahab's daughter.

    2 And after some years he went down to Samaria to see Ahab. And Ahab made a feast for him and the people who were with him, putting to death great numbers of sheep and oxen; and he got Jehoshaphat to go with him to Ramoth-gilead.

    3 For Ahab, king of Israel, said to Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead? And he said, I am as you are, and my people as your people; we will be with you in the war.

  • Ezek 27:25-26
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    70%

    25 Tarshish ships did business for you in your goods: and you were made full, and great was your glory in the heart of the seas.

    26 Your boatmen have taken you into great waters: you have been broken by the east wind in the heart of the seas.

  • 1 Kgs 10:22
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    22 For the king had Tarshish-ships at sea with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the Tarshish-ships came with gold and silver and ivory and monkeys and peacocks.

  • 2 Chr 2:16
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    16 And we will have wood cut from Lebanon, as much as you have need of, and will send it to you on flat boats by sea to Joppa, and from there you may take it up to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 9:21
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    21 For the king had Tarshish-ships sailing with the servants of Huram: once every three years the Tarshish-ships came back with gold and silver, ivory and monkeys and peacocks.

  • Ezek 27:12
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    12 Tarshish did business with you because of the great amount of your wealth; they gave silver, iron, tin, and lead for your goods.

  • Isa 2:16
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    16 And on all the ships of Tarshish, and on all the fair boats.

  • 2 Chr 22:5
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    5 Acting on their suggestion, he went with Jehoram, son of Ahab, king of Israel, to make war on Hazael, king of Aram, at Ramoth-gilead: and Joram was wounded by the bowmen.

  • Ps 48:7
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    7 By you the ships of Tarshish are broken as by an east wind.

  • Acts 27:40-41
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    40 So cutting away the hooks, and letting them go into the sea, and freeing the cords of the guiding-blades, and lifting up the sail to the wind, they went in the direction of the inlet.

    41 And coming to a point between two seas, they got the ship to land; and the front part was fixed in the sand and not able to be moved, but the back part was broken by the force of the waves.

  • Ezek 27:9
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    9 The responsible men of Gebal and its wise men were in you, making your boards watertight: all the ships of the sea with their seamen were in you trading in your goods.

  • 2 Kgs 14:22
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    22 He was the builder of Elath, which he got back for Judah after the death of the king.

  • Ezek 27:5-7
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    5 They have made all your boards of fir-trees from Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make the supports for your sails.

    6 Of oak-trees from Bashan they have made your driving blades; they have made your floors of ivory and boxwood from the sea-lands of Kittim.

    7 The best linen with needlework from Egypt was your sail, stretched out to be a flag for you; blue and purple from the sea-lands of Elishah gave you shade.

  • 2 Chr 20:1-2
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    1 Now after this, the children of Moab and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Meunim, made war against Jehoshaphat.

    2 And they came to Jehoshaphat with the news, saying, A great army is moving against you from Edom across the sea; and now they are in Hazazon-tamar (which is En-gedi).

  • 1 Kgs 22:44
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    44 And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 16:6
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    6 At that time the king of Edom got Elath back for Edom, and sent the Jews out of Elath; and the Edomites came back to Elath where they are living to this day.

  • Ps 107:23
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    23 Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in the great waters;

  • Jonah 1:3
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    3 And Jonah got up to go in flight to Tarshish, away from the Lord; and he went down to Joppa, and saw there a ship going to Tarshish: so he gave them the price of the journey and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish, away from the Lord.

  • Ps 104:26
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    26 There go the ships; there is that great beast, which you have made as a plaything.

  • 2 Kgs 9:21
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    21 Then Joram said, Make ready. So they made his carriage ready; and Joram, king of Israel, with Ahaziah, king of Judah, went out in their carriages for the purpose of meeting Jehu; and they came face to face with him at the field of Naboth the Jezreelite.

  • 1 Chr 1:7
    65%

    7 And the sons of Javan: Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim and Rodanim.

  • 2 Kgs 3:12
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    12 And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the Lord is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

  • 2 Kgs 3:7
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    7 And he sent to Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab has got free from my authority: will you go with me to make war on Moab? And he said, I will go with you: I am as you are, my people as your people, and my horses as your horses.

  • 1 Kgs 10:11
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    11 And the sea-force of Hiram, in addition to gold from Ophir, came back with much sandal-wood and jewels.

  • 2 Chr 17:12
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    12 Jehoshaphat became greater and greater, and made strong towers and store-towns in Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 22:29
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    29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, went up to Ramoth-gilead.

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    18 Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did the work of cutting them, and put edges on them, and got the wood and the stone ready for the building of the house.

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    2 He was the builder of Eloth, which he got back for Judah after the death of the king.

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    14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, whose father was a man of Tyre, an expert worker in gold and silver and brass and iron, in stone and wood, in purple and blue and fair linen and red, trained in the cutting of every sort of ornament and the invention of every sort of design; let him be given a place among your expert workmen and those of my lord, your father David.