Genesis 10:4
A.M. 1666. B.C. 2338. Kittim.Nu 24:24; Isa 23:1,12; Da 11:30Chittim. Dodanim. or, Rodanim.1 Kings 10:22
Tharshish.22:48; Ge 10:4; 2Ch 9:21; 20:36,37; Ps 48:7; 72:10; Isa 2:16Isa 23:1,6,10; 60:9; 66:19; Eze 27:12; Jon 1:3Tarshish. ivory. or, elephant's teeth.18; Am 3:15apes.{Kophim,} rather monkeys, the same as the Syriac [qwp',] Greek [kephos,] [kepos,] or [kebos,] and Roman {Cephus,} which animal both Pliny and Solinus inform us was brought from Ethiopia. The same name appears in the monkeys, called {KEIIIEN} in the Prænestine Pavement, and in the French {cep} or {ceb.} peacocks.Job 39:131 Kings 22:48
Jehoshaphat.2Ch 20:35,36-21:1made ships. or, had ten ships.10:22; 2Ch 9:21; Ps 48:7; Isa 2:16; 60:9; Jon 1:3Tharshish.Josephus and the Chaldee and Arabic paraphrasts explain this place of Tarsus in Cilicia; the LXX., Theodoret, and Jerome, understand it of Carthage; but the learned Bochart makes it Tartessus, an island in the straits of Gades. Ibn Haukal describes Tarsousa as belonging to Andalus, or Andalusia; and Festus Avienus expressly says, {Hic Gadir urbs est dicta Tartessus prius,} "the city Cadiz was formerly called Tartessus." to Ophir.9:28; Ps 45:9they went not.2Ch 20:37; 25:7Ezion-geber.9:26; Nu 33:35,362 Chronicles 20:36-37
And he joined."At first Jehoshaphat was unwilling, 1 Ki 22:28, 49." Tarshish."Tarsos in the great sea," says the Targumist, by which is meant a a place in the Mediterranean, called the Great Sea by the Hebrews. See on 1Ki 10:22Tharshish. Ezion-gaber.1Ki 9:26Ezion-geber. Because.19:2; Jos 7:11,12; Pr 13:20the Lord.16:9; Pr 9:6; 13:20; Heb 12:6; Re 3:19And the ships.1Ki 22:48to Tarshish.9:21Psalms 72:10
45:12; 68:29; 1Ki 10:1,10,25; 2Ch 9:21; Isa 43:6; 49:7; 60:3,6,9Mt 2:11Isaiah 2:16
the ships.23:1; 1Ki 10:22; 22:48,49; Ps 47:7; Re 18:17-19pleasant pictures. Heb. pictures of desire.Nu 33:52; Re 18:11Ezekiel 38:13
Sheba.27:12,15,20,22,23,25with.19:3-6; 32:2; Ps 57:4; Jer 50:17; 51:38; Na 2:11-13; Zec 11:3
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