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1Ki 10:22 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Tharshish		1Ki 22:48; Gen 10:4; 2Ch 9:21; 2Ch 20:36,37; Psa 48:7; Psa 72:10; Isa 2:16; Isa 23:1,6,10; Isa 60:9; Isa 66:19; Eze 27:12; Jon 1:3; Tarshish
ivory		or, elephant's teeth. 1Ki 10:18; Amo 3:15
apes		Kophim, rather monkeys, the same as the Syriac [qwp'] Greek [kephos] [kepos] or [kebos] and Roman Cephus, which animal both Pliny and Solinus inform us was brought from Ethiopia. The same name appears in the monkeys, called KEIIIEN in the Prænestine Pavement, and in the French cep or ceb.
peacocks		Job 39:13

Correlating Passages

Tharshish

	1Ki 22:48	Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.
	Gen 10:4	And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
	2Ch 9:21	For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
	2Ch 20:36	And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongeber.
	2Ch 20:37	Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
	Psa 48:7	Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
	Psa 72:10	The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
	Isa 2:16	And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
	Isa 23:1	The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.
	Isa 23:6	Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.
	Isa 23:10	Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: [there is] no more strength.
	Isa 60:9	Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
	Isa 66:19	And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, [to] Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, [to] Tubal, and Javan, [to] the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
	Eze 27:12	Tarshish [was] thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all [kind of] riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.
	Jon 1:3	But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.

ivory

	1Ki 10:18	Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
	Amo 3:15	And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the LORD.

peacocks

Job 39:13

[Gavest thou] the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Kings 10:22," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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