1 Kings 22:49

1 Kings Old Testament

WEB

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

KJV

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

Commentary

Commentary

Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat,.... Who very probably had built some more ships on his own, having broke off his pa rtnership with Ahaziah: let my servants go with thy servants in the ships; since he was refused a part in the ships themselves, he desires leave to send men aboard them to traffic for him abroad: but Jehoshaphat would not; having been reproved by a prophet of the Lord, and had suffered the loss of his ships by joining with him already. Next: 4 Kings (2 Kings) Introduction Sacred Texts | Bible « Previous: John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible: 3 Kings (1 Ki... Index Next: John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible: 4 Kings (2 Ki... »