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1 Kings 22:48

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Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion–geber.

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  1. 1 Kings 22:46

    And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.

  2. 1 Kings 22:47

    There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

  3. 1 Kings 22:49

    Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.

  4. 1 Kings 22:50

    And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.

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