Common English Bible

2 Chronicles 20:32-37 Common English Bible (CEB)

32. Jehoshaphat walked in the way of his father Asa and didn’t turn aside from it, doing what was right in the Lord’s eyes,

33. with the exception that he didn’t remove the shrines. The people were still not committed with all their hearts to the God of their ancestors.

34. The rest of Jehoshaphat’s deeds, from beginning to end, are written in the records of Jehu, Hanani’s son, which are included in the records of Israel’s kings.

35. Sometime later, Judah’s King Jehoshaphat formed an alliance with Israel’s King Ahaziah, which caused him to sin.

36. They agreed to build a fleet of Tarshish-styled ships, and they built them in Ezion-geber.

37. Eliezer, Dodavahu’s son from Mareshah, prophesied against Jehoshaphat: "Because you have formed an alliance with Ahaziah, the Lord will destroy what you have made." The ships were wrecked and couldn’t sail to Tarshish.