2 Chronicles 9:17
Context9:17 The king made a large throne decorated with ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.
2 Chronicles 9:21
Context9:21 The king had a fleet of large merchant ships 1 manned by Huram’s men 2 that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet 3 came into port with cargoes of 4 gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. 5
1 tn Heb “for ships belonging to the king were going [to] Tarshish with the servants of Huram.” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.
2 tn Heb “servants.”
3 tn Heb “the fleet of Tarshish [ships].”
4 tn Heb “the ships of Tarshish came carrying.”
5 tn The meaning of this word is unclear; some suggest it refers to “baboons.” NEB has “monkeys,” NASB, NRSV “peacocks,” and NIV “baboons.”