KJV King James Version
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.
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2 Chronicles 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For the king had the ships of Tarshish that went with Hiram’s servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
WEB World English Bible
For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years came the ships of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
ASV American Standard Version
For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years came the ships of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
for ships of the king are going to Tarshish, with servants of Huram: once in three years come do the ships of Tarshish bearing gold, and silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 9
18 And [there were] six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, [which were] fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:
19 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.
20 And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon [were of] gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon [were of] pure gold: none [were of] silver; it was [not] any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
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.
22 And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.
24 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כִּֽי־H3588 · kiforאֳנִיּ֤וֹתH591 · o.niy.yahfleetלַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙H4428 · me.lekhkingהֹלְכ֣וֹתH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentתַּרְשִׁ֔ישׁH8659 · tar.shishTarshishעִ֖םH5973 · imwithעַבְדֵ֣יH5650 · e.vedservant/slaveחוּרָ֑םH2361 · chu.ramHiramאַחַת֩H259 · e.chadoneלְשָׁל֨וֹשׁH7969 · sha.loshthreeשָׁנִ֜יםH8141 · sha.nehyearתָּב֣וֹאנָה׀H935 · boto come (in): comeאֳנִיּ֣וֹתH591 · o.niy.yahfleetתַּרְשִׁ֗ישׁH8659 · tar.shishTarshishנֹֽשְׂאוֹת֙H5375 · na.sato lift: raiseזָהָ֣בH2091 · za.havgoldוָכֶ֔סֶףH3701 · ke.sephsilver: moneyשֶׁנְהַבִּ֥יםH8143 · shen.hab.bimivoryוְקוֹפִ֖יםH6971 · qophapeוְתוּכִּיִּֽים׃ פH8500 · tuk.kipeacock
Cross-references
1 Kings 10:22For 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.1 Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.Job 39:13[Gavest thou] the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?2 Chronicles 20:36-37And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongeber.
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