1 Kings 10:22 meaning and explanation

For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

1 Kings 10:22, Berean Standard Bible

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This verse belongs to the narrator's summary of Solomon's wealth and trade. The ships of Tarshish, a phrase for large seagoing merchant vessels, sailed with Hiram's Phoenician fleet and returned every third year with gold, silver, ivory, apes and peacocks.

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