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1 Kings 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.

KJV

quia classis regis per mare cum classe Hiram semel per tres annos ibat in Tharsis, deferens inde aurum, et argentum, et dentes elephantorum, et simias, et pavos.

Vulgate

ὅτι ναῦς Θαρσεὶς τῷ βασιλεῖ ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ μετὰ τῶν νηῶν Χειράμ· μία διὰ τριῶν ἐτῶν ἤρχετο τῷ βασιλεῖ ναῦς ἐκ Θαρσεὶς χρυσίου καὶ ἀργυρίου καὶ λίθων τορευτῶν καὶ πελεκητῶν.

LXX

For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram: once every three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

ASV

כִּי֩ אֳנִ֨י תַרְשִׁ֤ישׁ לַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ בַּ/יָּ֔ם עִ֖ם אֳנִ֣י חִירָ֑ם אַחַת֩ לְ/שָׁלֹ֨שׁ שָׁנִ֜ים תָּב֣וֹא אֳנִ֣י תַרְשִׁ֗ישׁ נֹֽשְׂאֵת֙ זָהָ֣ב וָ/כֶ֔סֶף שֶׁנְהַבִּ֥ים וְ/קֹפִ֖ים וְ/תֻכִּיִּֽים

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Hiram
Places Tarshish

In the original Hebrew

17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֳנִ֣י
'ny
noun · 7×
אֶחָ֖ד
'chd
adjective · 970×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
ה
h
noun · 393×
ה
h
proper_noun · 28×
זָהָ֖ב
zhb
noun · 388×
חירם
chyrm
proper_noun · 19×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כֶּ֣סֶף
ksp
noun · 402×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×
קֹפִ֖ים
qpym
noun · 2×
שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת
shlsht
adjective · 429×
שֶׁנְהַבִּ֥ים
shnhbym
noun · 2×
שָׁנָ֔ה
shnh
verb · 877×
תֻכִּיִּֽים
tkyym
noun · 2×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 10:18 — Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
  • 1Kgs 22:48 — Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.
  • 1Kgs 22:48 — Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.
  • 2Chr 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.
  • 2Chr 20:36 — And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongaber.
  • Ezek 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.
  • Ezek 27:15 — The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony.
  • Gen 10:4 — And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
  • Isa 2:16 — And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
  • 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 23:1 — 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
  • 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 he
  • Jer 10:9 — Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning m
  • Ps 48:7 — Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
  • Ps 72:10 — The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.