Cross Reference 2 CHRONICLES 9:21 FOR THE KING'S SHIPS WENT TO TARSHISH WITH THE SERVANTS OF HURAM EVERY THREE YEARS ONCE CAME THE SHIPS OF TARSHISH BRINGING GOLD AND SILVER IVORY AND APES AND PEACOCKS

{2 Chronicles 9:21} For x3588 the king's 4428 ships 591 went 1980 z8802 to Tarshish 8659 with x5973 the servants 5650 of Huram: 2361 every three 7969 years 8141 once 259 came 935 z8799 the ships 591 of Tarshish 8659 bringing 5375 z8802 gold, 2091 and silver, 3701 ivory, 8143 and apes, 6971 and peacocks. 8500

"For¹ the kingª had at seaª a navyª of Tharshishª with¹ the navyª of Hiram:ª onceª in threeª yearsª cameª ° the navyª of Tharshish,ª bringingª ° gold,ª and silver,ª ivory,ª and apes,ª and peacocks.ª" {1Kg 10:22} + "Jehoshaphatª madeª °°² shipsª of Tharshishª to go² °¹ to Ophirª for gold:ª but they wentª ° not;¹ for¹ the shipsª were brokenª ° at Eziongeber.ª" {1Kg 22:48}, Tharshish

Tarshish:
Bochart thinks this Tarshish was probably the promontory Cory, on the north of the island of Ceylon, which, according to him, was the land of Ophir. That it was name of a place in the East Indies, seems probable from the articles brought thence, and also from the ships sent thither being built at Ezion-geber, on the Red Sea; though Michaelis supposes that the fleet coasted along the shore of Africa, doubling the Cape of Good Hope, and came to Tartessus, in Spain, and thence back again the same way; that this accounts for their three years' voyage out and home; and that Spain and the coasts of Africa furnish all the commodities which they brought back.

ivory:
or, elephants' teeth

peacocks:
Tukkeeyim is rendered taysin in the Targum, ταωνων, in the Alexandrian manuscript of the LXX, and pavos, "peacocks," in the Vulgate; with which the Syriac, Arabic, and Rabbins agree. This derives confirmation from the fact, that the peacock is called in Malabaric, Togei. "[Gavest thou] the goodly² ¹ wingsª unto the peacocks?² °¹ or¹ wingsª and feathersª unto the ostrich?ª" {Job 39:13}

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