1 Kings 22:48

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

Cross-reference

1 Kings 9:26 Historical context

1 Kings 9:26 identifies Ezion-geber as Solomon's shipbuilding port — the same location where Jehoshaphat's fleet was later built and wrecked.

1 Kings 9:28 records Solomon's successful Ophir gold voyage — the very venture Jehoshaphat attempts but fails here.

1 Kings 10:22 describes Solomon's successful Tarshish ships bringing gold — contrasting with Jehoshaphat's wrecked ships here.

2 Chronicles 20:35-36 provides a parallel account of Jehoshaphat's shipbuilding, explaining the ships were wrecked because of his alliance with Ahaziah.

2 Chronicles 20:37 gives the parallel account, adding that Jehoshaphat's alliance with Ahaziah caused the ships to break.

Psalm 48:7 Allusion

Psalm 48:7 describes God shattering ships of Tarshish with an east wind — echoing the wrecking of Jehoshaphat's Tarshish ships here as divine judgment.

2 Chronicles 9:21 repeats Solomon's successful Tarshish voyages for gold — a contrast to Jehoshaphat's failed venture here.