1 Kings 10:22

For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

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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

21All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.

23So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:4And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.

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

1 Kings 22:49At that time Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants sail with your servants,” but Jehoshaphat refused.

2 Chronicles 20:36They agreed to make ships to go to Tarshish, and these were built in Ezion-geber.

Psalms 48:7With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.

Isaiah 2:16against every ship of Tarshish, and against every stately vessel.

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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