1 Kings 10:22

For the King had on the sea the nauie of Tharshish with the nauie of Hiram: once in three yere came the nauie of Tharshish, and brought golde and siluer, yuorie, and apes and peacockes.

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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

21And all King Salomons drinking vessels were of golde, and all the vessels of the house of the woode of Lebanon were of pure golde, none were of siluer: for it was nothing esteemed in the dayes of Salomon.

23So King Salomon exceeded all the kings of the earth both in riches and in wisedome.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:4Also the sonnes of Iauan, Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

1 Kings 10:18Then the King made a great throne of yuorie, and couered it with the best golde.

1 Kings 22:49Then sayde Ahaziah the sonne of Ahab vnto Iehoshaphat, Let my seruants goe with thy seruants in the ships, But Iehoshaphat would not.

2 Chronicles 20:36And he ioyned with him, to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the shippes in Ezion Gaber.

Psalms 48:7As with an East winde thou breakest the shippes of Tarshish, so were they destroyed.

Isaiah 2:16And vpon all the shippes of Tarshish, and vpon all pleasant pictures.

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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