22 For the king had (A)merchant[a] ships at sea with the fleet of Hiram. Once every three years the merchant (B)ships came bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and [b]monkeys.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 10:22 Lit. ships of Tarshish, deep-sea vessels
  2. 1 Kings 10:22 Or peacocks

Proclamation Against Tyre

23 The (A)burden[a] against Tyre.

Wail, you ships of Tarshish!
For it is laid waste,
So that there is no house, no harbor;
From the land of [b]Cyprus it is revealed to them.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 23:1 oracle, prophecy
  2. Isaiah 23:1 Heb. Kittim, western lands, especially Cyprus

14 (A)Wail, you ships of Tarshish!
For your strength is laid waste.

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(A)Surely the coastlands shall wait for Me;
And the ships of Tarshish will come first,
(B)To bring your sons from afar,
(C)Their silver and their gold with them,
To the name of the Lord your God,
And to the Holy One of Israel,
(D)Because He has glorified you.

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