SEV Biblia, Chapter 20:37
Entonces Eliezer hijo de Dodava de Maresa, profetizó contra Josafat, diciendo: Por cuanto has hecho compañía con Ocozías, el SEÑOR destruirá tus obras. Y los navíos se rompieron, y no pudieron ir a Tarsis.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 20:37
Verse 37. The Lord hath broken, &c.] "The WORD of the Lord hath broken." -Targum. Concerning Tarshish, Ezion-geber, and Ophir, and the voyage thither, see the notes on 1 Kings x. 22, and at the end of that chapter, and on 2 Chronicles ix. 26-28. The Tarshish here is called by the Chaldee Torsos in the great sea, some place in the Mediterranean. On this subject the reader has, no doubt, already seen a great variety of opinions.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 37. Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah , etc.] A city in the tribe of Judah, ( Joshua 15:44) prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah ; an idolatrous prince, with whom he ought to have had no fellowship, even in civil things, it being both a countenancing him, and exposing himself and people to danger: the Lord hath broken thy works ; the ships built at the joint expense of the two kings, that is, the Lord had determined to break them, and now foretold that he would; the Targum is, “the Word of the Lord hath destroyed thy works:” and the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish ; (See Gill on “ 1 Kings 22:48”).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 31-37 - Jehoshaphat kept close to the worship of God, and did what he could to keep his people close to it. But after God had done such great thing for him, given him not only victory, but wealth; after this, to go an join himself with a wicked king, was very ungrateful. What could he expect but that God would be angry with him? Yet it seems, he took the warning; for when Ahaziah afterward pressed him to join him, he woul not, 1Ki 22:49. Thus the alliance was broken, and the Divine rebuke ha its effect, at least for a season. Let us be thankful for any losse which may have prevented the loss of our immortal souls. Let us prais the Lord, who sought after us, and left us not to perish in our sins __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ויתנבא 5012 אליעזר 461 בן 1121 דדוהו 1735 ממרשׁה 4762 על 5921 יהושׁפט 3092 לאמר 559 כהתחברך 2266 עם 5973 אחזיהו 274 פרץ 6555 יהוה 3068 את 853 מעשׂיך 4639 וישׁברו 7665 אניות 591 ולא 3808 עצרו 6113 ללכת 1980 אל 413 תרשׁישׁ׃ 8659
