1 Kings 10:22

For the king had a Tharshish-ship at sea with the ship of Hiram: once in three years the Tharshish-ship used to come home, laden with gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

Leeser Tanakh

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 pure gold; none were of silver; it was not valued in the days of Solomon at the least.

23And king Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:4And Javan's sons: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

1 Kings 10:18The king also made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.

1 Kings 22:49(22:50) Then said Achazyahu the son of Achab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.

2 Chronicles 20:36And he connected himself with him to make ships to go to Tharshish: and they made ships in 'Ezyon-geber.

Psalms 48:7(48:8) With the east wind thou breakest the ships of Tharshish.

Isaiah 2:16And over all the ships of Tharshish; and over all desirable palaces.

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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