Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

And the ships

To tarshish

General references

Bible References

Because

2 Chronicles 19:2
And Jehu, the son of Hanani the seer, went to King Jehoshaphat and said to him, Is it right for you to go to the help of evil-doers, loving the haters of the Lord? because of this, the wrath of the Lord has come on you.
Joshua 7:11
Israel has done wrong, sinning against the agreement which I made with them: they have even taken of the cursed thing; acting falsely like thieves they have put it among their goods.
Proverbs 13:20
Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.

The lord

2 Chronicles 16:9
For the eyes of the Lord go this way and that, through all the earth, letting it be seen that he is the strong support of those whose hearts are true to him. In this you have done foolishly, for from now you will have wars.
Proverbs 9:6
Give up the simple ones and have life, and go in the way of knowledge.
Proverbs 13:20
Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.
Hebrews 12:6
For the Lord sends punishment on his loved ones; everyone whom he takes as his son has experience of his rod.
Revelation 3:19
To all those who are dear to me, I give sharp words and punishment: then with all your heart have sorrow for your evil ways.

And the ships

1 Kings 22:48
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.

To tarshish

2 Chronicles 9:21
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.

General references

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

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain