John Gill's Exposition on 2 Chronicles 20:37

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah, etc.] A city in the tribe of Judah, (<061544>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 “<112248>1 Kings 22:48”).

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