1 Kings 10:22

New Living Translation

The king had a fleet of trading ships of Tarshish that sailed with Hiram’s fleet. Once every three years the ships returned, loaded with gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

Cross References

Genesis 10:4

The descendants of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.

1 Kings 10:18

Then the king made a huge throne, decorated with ivory and overlaid with fine gold.

1 Kings 10:21

All of King Solomon’s drinking cups were solid gold, as were all the utensils in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. They were not made of silver, for silver was considered worthless in Solomon’s day!

1 Kings 22:48

Jehoshaphat also built a fleet of trading ships to sail to Ophir for gold. But the ships never set sail, for they met with disaster in their home port of Ezion-geber.

1 Kings 22:49

At one time Ahaziah son of Ahab had proposed to Jehoshaphat, “Let my men sail with your men in the ships.” But Jehoshaphat refused the request.

1 Kings 9:26

King Solomon also built a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, a port near Elath in the land of Edom, along the shore of the Red Sea.

2 Chronicles 9:21

The king had a fleet of trading ships of Tarshish manned by the sailors sent by Hiram. Once every three years the ships returned, loaded with gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

Job 39:13

“The ostrich flaps her wings grandly, but they are no match for the feathers of the stork.

Psalm 48:7

You destroyed them like the mighty ships of Tarshish shattered by a powerful east wind.

Psalm 72:10

The western kings of Tarshish and other distant lands will bring him tribute. The eastern kings of Sheba and Seba will bring him gifts.

Isaiah 2:16

He will destroy all the great trading ships and every magnificent vessel.

Isaiah 23:1

This message came to me concerning Tyre: Wail, you trading ships of Tarshish, for the harbor and houses of Tyre are gone! The rumors you heard in Cyprus are all true.

Isaiah 23:10

Come, people of Tarshish, sweep over the land like the flooding Nile, for Tyre is defenseless.

Isaiah 23:6

Send word now to Tarshish! Wail, you people who live in distant lands!

Isaiah 60:9

They are ships from the ends of the earth, from lands that trust in me, led by the great ships of Tarshish. They are bringing the people of Israel home from far away, carrying their silver and gold. They will honor the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has filled you with splendor.

Isaiah 66:19

I will perform a sign among them. And I will send those who survive to be messengers to the nations—to Tarshish, to the Libyans and Lydians (who are famous as archers), to Tubal and Greece, and to all the lands beyond the sea that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. There they will declare my glory to the nations.

Ezekiel 27:12

“Tarshish sent merchants to buy your wares in exchange for silver, iron, tin, and lead.

Ezekiel 27:15

Merchants came to you from Dedan. Numerous coastlands were your captive markets; they brought payment in ivory tusks and ebony wood.

Amos 3:15

And I will destroy the beautiful homes of the wealthy— their winter mansions and their summer houses, too— all their palaces filled with ivory,” says the Lord.

Jonah 1:3

But Jonah got up and went in the opposite direction to get away from the Lord. He went down to the port of Joppa, where he found a ship leaving for Tarshish. He bought a ticket and went on board, hoping to escape from the Lord by sailing to Tarshish.