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Solomon's revenue in gold, and the use he made of it. Cf. 1Ki 10:14-22, and the commentary there on this section, which is identical in both narratives, with the exception of some trifling differences. Before מְבִיאִים וְהַסֹּחֲרִים the relative pronoun is to be supplied: “and what the merchants brought.” As to the derivation of the word פַּחֹות, which comes from the Aramaic form פֶּחָה, governor (2Ch 9:14), see on Hag 1:1. - תַּרְשִׁישׁ הֹלְכֹות אֳנִיֹּות, in 2Ch 9:21, ships going to Tarshish, is an erroneous paraphrase of תַּרְשִׁישׁ אֳנִיֹּות, Tarshish-ships, i.e., ships built for long sea voyages; for the fleet did not go to Tartessus in Spain, but to Ophir in Southern Arabia (see on 1Ki 9:26.). All the rest has been explained in the commentary on 1 Kings 10.