1 Kings 10:22

For the king had on the sea a Tarshish-fleet, with the fleet of Hiram: once in three years came the Tarshish-fleet, bringing gold and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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 forest of Lebanon were of precious gold: none were of silver, [which] was not of the least account in the days of Solomon.

23And king Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.

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Cross References

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

1 Kings 10:18And the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with refined gold:

1 Kings 22:49Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab to Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.

2 Chronicles 20:36And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish; and they made the ships in Ezion-geber.

Psalms 48:7With an east wind thou hast broken the ships of Tarshish.

Isaiah 2:16and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant works of art.

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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