Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah,.... A city in the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:44. prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah; an idolatrous prince, with whom he ought to have had no fellowship, even in civil things, it being both a countenancing him, and exposing himself and people to danger: the Lord hath broken thy works; the ships built at the joint expense of the two kings, that is, the Lord had determined to break them, and now foretold that he would; the Targum is,"the Word of the Lord hath destroyed thy works:" and the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish; see Gill on Kg1 22:48. Next: 2 Chronicles Chapter 21