1 Kings 10:22 “For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and…”

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

For the king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet. Once every three years the fleet of Tarshish came bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

for a navy of Tarshish hath the king at sea with a navy of Hiram; once in three years cometh the navy of Tarshish, bearing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

Bible in Basic English

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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Cross references

“Tharshish”

1 Kings 22:48 Genesis 10:4 Psalm 48:7 Psalm 72:10 2 Chronicles 9:21 Isaiah 2:16

1 Kings 22:48 · BSB

Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.

Genesis 10:4 · BSB

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

Psalm 48:7 · BSB

With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.

Psalm 72:10 · BSB

May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.

2 Chronicles 9:21 · BSB

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

Isaiah 2:16 · BSB

against every ship of Tarshish, and against every stately vessel.

“ivory”

1 Kings 10:18 Amos 3:15

1 Kings 10:18 · BSB

Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

Amos 3:15 · BSB

I will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses of ivory will also perish, and the great houses will come to an end,” declares the LORD.

“peacocks”

Job 39:13

Job 39:13 · BSB

The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork.

Also

1 Kings 9:26

1 Kings 9:26 · BSB

King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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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