1 Kings 10:22

For the king had Tarshish-ships at sea with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the Tarshish-ships came with gold and silver and ivory and monkeys and peacocks.

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For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

In Context

21And all King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold; not one was of silver, for no one gave a thought to silver in the days of King Solomon.

23And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:4And the sons of Javan: Elishah and Tarshish, the Kittim and the Dodanim.

1 Kings 10:18Then the king made a great ivory seat, plated with the best gold.

1 Kings 22:49\22:48\And the representative of King Jehoshaphat made a Tarshish-ship to go to Ophir for gold, but it did not go, because it was broken at Ezion-geber.

2 Chronicles 20:36Together they made ships to go to Tarshish, building them in Ezion-geber.

Psalms 48:7\48:6\Shaking came on them and pain, as on a woman in childbirth.

Isaiah 2:16And on all the ships of Tarshish, and on all the fair boats.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 10:15-29

Solomon's Wealth. ( b. c. 990.) 14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold, 15 Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country. 16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target. 17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put… Read the whole commentary →

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