⁴⁶ He also removed the male prostitutes who lived near the special altars.^[a] His father Asa had removed many of them when he ruled as king. Jehoshaphat removed those who were still there.

⁴⁷ At this time there was no king who ruled Edom. Their ruler was an officer that King Jehoshaphat had chosen. ⁴⁸ Jehoshaphat built some big ships to bring back gold from Ophir. But they never left Ezion-Geber because a storm destroyed them. So they never travelled anywhere.