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Commentary for I Kings 22:49

יְהוֹשָׁפָ֡ט עשר [עָשָׂה֩] אֳנִיּ֨וֹת תַּרְשִׁ֜ישׁ לָלֶ֧כֶת אוֹפִ֛ירָה לַזָּהָ֖ב וְלֹ֣א הָלָ֑ךְ כִּֽי־נשברה [נִשְׁבְּר֥וּ] אֳנִיּ֖וֹת בְּעֶצְי֥וֹן גָּֽבֶר׃

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

Rashi on I Kings

For they [the ships] were broken. Since he joined Achazyahu in this [undertaking], therefore, they were broken. And so did the prophet say to him in Divrei Hayomim, “Because you have allied yourself with a Achazyahu, Adonoy has wrecked your undertakings.”23II Divrei Hayomim 20:37.
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