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2 Chronicles 9:21-23
Evangelical Heritage Version
2 Chronicles 9:21-23
Evangelical Heritage Version
21 because the king’s ships would go to Tarshish[a] with the servants of Huram, and once every three years the Tarshish ships would return, bringing gold, silver, ivory, monkeys, and peacocks.[b]
22 King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and wisdom. 23 All the kings of the earth were seeking an audience with Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
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- 2 Chronicles 9:21 Or the king had ships that could go to Tarshish. In other passages Tarshish is located on the Mediterranean Sea, but everything in this passage points to trade on the Red Sea. In that case, this phrase refers to the type of ship, not to the destination. Or there may be an otherwise unknown Tarshish on the Red Sea.
- 2 Chronicles 9:21 Or apes or baboons
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