22:48a Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold,

The Hebrew phrase that the New International Version translates as “a fleet of trading ships” is literally “ships of Tarshish.” Tarshish was evidently a city somewhere in the far west, probably Spain (see Jonah 1:3 and Psalm 72:10). The phrase “ships of Tarshish” apparently came to refer to ships that carried goods to other lands.

Jehoshaphat made some large ships to carry/bring gold from ⌊the land of⌋ Ophir.
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Jehoshaphat had some cargo ships built. ⌊He planned for them⌋ to sail to the Ophir ⌊region⌋ to get gold.

22:48b but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.

But the ships did not go. They were broken into pieces at ⌊the port/town of⌋ Ezion Geber.
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However, ⌊storms⌋ destroyed them while they were ⌊still in the harbor⌋ at Ezion Geber ⌊town⌋, and so they never sailed.

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