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ships
These are ships capable of traveling on large bodies of water.
Tarshish
This is the name of a city. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
They built the ships
Jehoshaphat and Ahaziah did not build the ships, rather, their workers built them. AT: "Their workers built the ships" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
Ezion Geber
Translate the name of this place as you did in 2 Chronicles 8:17. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
Eliezer ... Dodavahu
These are names of men. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
Mareshah
Translate this man's name as you did in 2 Chronicles 11:08. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
The ships were wrecked so that
This can be stated in active form. AT: "The ships became ruined and" or "The ships wrecked so that" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
they were not able to sail
"no one was able to sail them"