Bullinger Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 10:22

Bullinger Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 10:22 - 10:22

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Bullinger Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 10:22 - 10:22

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

10:1 - 10:1
10:2 - 10:2
10:5 - 10:5
10:6 - 10:6
10:7 - 10:7
10:9 - 10:9
10:11 - 10:11
10:13 - 10:13
10:14 - 10:14
10:17 - 10:17
10:18 - 10:18
10:19 - 10:19
10:22 - 10:22
10:25 - 10:25
10:27 - 10:27
10:28 - 10:28
10:29 - 10:29

navy of Tharshish = Tharshish ships, a name for large ocean-going ships (like English "East-Indiamen"). When mentioned as a place it is identified by Oppert with Tartessis = the Andalusia of to-day, noted for silver (not gold), iron, tin, and lead (Jer_10:9. Eze_27:12). They sailed from Tyre to the West Mediterranean, and from Ezion-geber to Ophir (Arabia, India, and East Africa), 1Ki_9:26-28 and 1Ki_10:11.

ivory = elephants' tusks.

apes, and peacocks. The Hebrew for these are Indian words (Tamil).