 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.  Notices of the Proceedings - Page 399by Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1869Full view - About this book
 | William Jardine - 1864 - 452 pages
...having various degrees of truth and similarity, have ex* 1 Kings, x. 22. For the king had at sea a nav? of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram ; once in three...navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks, — or parrots, as some understand by the word in Hebrew. isted from a remote... | |
 | Illustrated sketches - 1864 - 364 pages
...as forming part of the cargoes of the fleet which carried treasures to the court of King Solomon : " Once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and Peacocks," 1 Kings x. 22; 2 Chron. ix. 21. Their plumage is also alluded to in the book... | |
 | George Bush - 1865 - 704 pages
...this ancient Israelilish king, and, at the same time, appears to be perfectly just. — HARMER. Ver. thority conferred on him. — ROBERTS. Ver. 43. And he and apes, and peacocks. This beautiful bird, which is now familiarly known to jierhapj every nation... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1912 - 798 pages
...Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty oi almug trees, and precious stones. Further, ib., verse 22 : For the King had at sea a navy of Tharshish with...navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. The same is read in II Chronicles ix, 21 : For the king's ships went to Tarshish... | |
 | Zondervan - 1984 - 940 pages
...Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon. thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man and apes, and peacocks. 23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.... | |
 | Gustav Salomon Oppert - 1988 - 120 pages
...a fair specimen of such a miscegenation of languages. OF BHARATAVAR8A OR INDIA. 11 tr ith the nary of Hiram ; once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks." 6 The expression for peacocks is tukkiyyim, a word derived from the Gauda-Dravidian... | |
 | Miles H. Davidson - 1997 - 652 pages
...that it went from the "shore of the Red Sea" to Ophir and brought back gold; in the following chapter "The king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the...came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold and silver and ivory, and apes and peacocks." 37. Vignaud, Histoire, 1:98: "Les auteurs anciens qu'il [d'Ailly]... | |
 | Lloyd Graham - 1991 - 496 pages
...from there gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon (1 Kings Chap. 9). 22. For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with...navy of Tharshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks (Chap. 10). We have been told that Ophir was India and Tharshish was in Spain,... | |
 | P. T. Srinivasa Iyengar - 2001 - 706 pages
...Ib. x. 11-12. 8 Ib. x. 14-17 and 2 1. 'Store might have been obtained from India. We learn further " For the King had at sea a navy of Tharshish •with...navy of Tharshish, bringing gold and silver, ivory and apes and peacocks."* With the ivory " the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with... | |
 | Lewis A. Miller - 2002 - 162 pages
...Tarshish is often a place of material and financial success: "For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram; once in three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks" (I Kings 10:22). The devil allows... | |
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