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Summary
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.
Tharshish
Peacocks
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Bible References
Tharshish
1 Kings 22:48
Jehoshaphat made Tarshish-ships to go to Ophir for gold; but they went not, for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
Genesis 10:4
And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
2 Chronicles 9:21
For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: once in three years came the ships of Tarshish, bringing gold and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
2 Chronicles 20:36
And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish; and they made the ships in Ezion-geber.
Psalm 48:7
With an east wind thou hast broken the ships of Tarshish.
Psalm 72:10
The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render presents; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer tribute:
Isaiah 2:16
and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant works of art.
Isaiah 23:1
The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish! for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, none entering in. From the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.
Isaiah 60:9
For the isles shall await me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from afar, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of Jehovah thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, for he hath glorified thee.
Isaiah 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 nations.
Ezekiel 27:12
Tarshish dealt with thee by reason of the abundance of all substance; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they furnished thy markets.
Jonah 1:3
But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah; and he went down to Joppa, and 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 Jehovah.
Amos 3:15
And I will smite the winter-house with the summer-house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and many houses shall have an end, saith Jehovah.
Peacocks
Job 39:13
The wing of the ostrich beats joyously But is it the stork's pinion and plumage?
General references
Ezekiel 27:12
Tarshish dealt with thee by reason of the abundance of all substance; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they furnished thy markets.