1 Kings 10:22 (KJV)

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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

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Cross-references

Tharshish. 1Ki 22:48 Ge 10:4 2Ch 9:21 2Ch 20:36 2Ch 20:37 Ps 48:7 Ps 72:10 Isa 2:16 Isa 23:1 Isa 23:6 Isa 23:10 Isa 60:9 Isa 66:19 Eze 27:12 Jon 1:3

Tarshish. ivory. or, elephant's teeth. 1Ki 10:18 Am 3:15

peacocks. Job 39:13

apes.{Kophim,} rather monkeys, the same as the Syriac [qwp',] Greek [kephos,] [kepos,] or [kebos,] and Roman {Cephus,} which animal both Pliny and Solinus inform us was brought from Ethiopia. The same name appears in the monkeys, called {KEIIIEN} in the Prænestine Pavement, and in the French {cep} or {ceb.}

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