Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
The expression, "ships of Tharshish," probably designates ships of a particular class, ships (i. e.) like those with which the Phoenicians used to trade to Tharshish (Tartessus, I Kings 10:22 note). Compare the use of "India-man" for a vessel of a certain class. Jehoshaphat' s fleet was constructed at Ezion-Gaber, on the Red Sea II Chronicles 20:36, where Solomon had previously built a navy I Kings 9:26. Being lord-paramount of Edom, Jehoshaphat had the right of using this harbor.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 Kings 22:48:
2 Kings 14:22
Job 22:24
Psalms 48:7
Isaiah 13:12
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