1 Kings 10:22

Along with Hiram’s fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships ¹  that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet ²  came into port with cargoes of ³  gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. ⁴ 

Ge 10:4; 1Ki 10:18; 1Ki 22:48; 2Ch 9:21; 2Ch 20:36,37; Job 39:13; Ps 48:7; Ps 72:10; Isa 2:16; Isa 23:1,6,10; Isa 60:9; Isa 66:19; Eze 27:12; Am 3:15; Jon 1:3

¹ tn Heb “a fleet of Tarshish [ships].” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.

² tn Heb “the fleet of Tarshish [ships].”

³ tn Heb “came carrying.”

⁴ tn The meaning of this word is unclear. Some suggest “baboons.”