2 Chronicles 9:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For the king had Tarshish-ships sailing with the servants of Huram: once every three years the Tarshish-ships came back with gold and silver, ivory and monkeys and peacocks.

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  • 1 Kgs 10:22 : 22 For the king had Tarshish-ships at sea with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the Tarshish-ships came with gold and silver and ivory and monkeys and peacocks.
  • 1 Kgs 22:48 : 48 And the representative of King Jehoshaphat made a Tarshish-ship to go to Ophir for gold, but it did not go, because it was broken at Ezion-geber.
  • 2 Chr 20:36-37 : 36 Together they made ships to go to Tarshish, building them in Ezion-geber. 37 Then the word of Eliezer the prophet, the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah, came against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because you have let yourself be joined with Ahaziah, the Lord has sent destruction on your works. And the ships were broken and were not able to go to Tarshish.
  • Job 39:13 : 13 Will he be pulling your plough with cords, turning up the valleys after you?

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  • 1 Kgs 10:21-23
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    21 And all King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold; not one was of silver, for no one gave a thought to silver in the days of King Solomon.

    22 For the king had Tarshish-ships at sea with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the Tarshish-ships came with gold and silver and ivory and monkeys and peacocks.

    23 And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

  • 2 Chr 9:20
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    20 All King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold: no one gave a thought to silver in the days of Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 9:12-17
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    12 And King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she made request for, in addition to what she had taken to the king. So she went back to her country with her servants.

    13 Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents;

    14 And in addition to what he got from traders of different sorts, all the kings of Arabia and the rulers of the country gave gold and silver to Solomon.

    15 And King Solomon made two hundred body-covers of hammered gold, every one having six hundred shekels of gold in it.

    16 And he made three hundred smaller body-covers of hammered gold, using three hundred shekels of gold for every cover, and the king put them in the house of the Woods of Lebanon.

    17 Then the king made a great ivory seat, plated with the best gold.

  • 2 Chr 8:18
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    18 And Huram sent him, by his servants, ships and experienced seamen, who went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir and came back with four hundred and fifty talents of gold, which they took to King Solomon.

  • 1 Kgs 10:10-13
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    10 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a great store of spices and jewels: never again was such a wealth of spices seen as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.

    11 And the sea-force of Hiram, in addition to gold from Ophir, came back with much sandal-wood and jewels.

    12 And from the sandal-wood the king made pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king's house, and instruments of music for the makers of melody: never has such sandal-wood been seen to this day.

    13 And King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she made request for, in addition to what he gave her freely from the impulse of his heart. So she went back to her country, she and her servants.

  • 1 Kgs 9:26-28
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    26 And King Solomon made a sea-force of ships in Ezion-geber, by Eloth, on the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

    27 Hiram sent his servants, who were experienced seamen, in the sea-force with Solomon's men.

    28 And they came to Ophir, where they got four hundred and twenty talents of gold, and took it back to King Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 9:22-24
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    22 And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

    23 And all the kings of the earth came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God had put into his heart.

    24 And everyone took with him an offering, vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and robes, and coats of metal, and spices, and horses and beasts for transport, regularly year by year.

  • 2 Chr 9:9-10
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    9 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a great store of spices and jewels: never had such spices been seen as the queen of Sheba gave to Solomon.

    10 And the servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, in addition to gold from Ophir, came back with sandal-wood and jewels.

  • 1 Kgs 10:25
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    25 And everyone took with him an offering, vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and robes, and coats of metal, and spices, and horses, and beasts of transport, regularly year by year.

  • Ezek 27:24-25
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    24 These were your traders in beautiful robes, in rolls of blue and needlework, and in chests of coloured cloth, corded with cords and made of cedar-wood, in them they did trade with you.

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  • Ezek 27:12
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    12 Tarshish did business with you because of the great amount of your wealth; they gave silver, iron, tin, and lead for your goods.

  • 1 Kgs 10:15
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    15 In addition to what came to him from the business of the traders, and from all the kings of the Arabians, and from the rulers of the country.

  • 1 Kgs 10:28-29
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    28 And Solomon's horses came from Egypt and from Kue; the king's traders got them at a price from Kue.

    29 A war-carriage might be got from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; they got them at the same rate for all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.

  • 2 Chr 9:27-28
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    27 The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.

    28 They got horses for Solomon from Egypt and from every land.

  • 2 Chr 1:15-17
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    15 And the king made silver and gold as common as stones in Jerusalem, and cedar like the sycamore-trees of the lowland in number.

    16 And Solomon's horses came out of Egypt; the king's traders got them from Kue at a price.

    17 A war-carriage might be got from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: they got them at the same rate for all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.

  • 2 Chr 9:1
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    1 Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to Jerusalem to put his wisdom to the test with hard questions; and with her came a very great train, and camels weighted down with spices, and great stores of gold and jewels: and when she came to Solomon she had talk with him of everything in her mind.

  • 1 Kgs 22:48
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    48 And the representative of King Jehoshaphat made a Tarshish-ship to go to Ophir for gold, but it did not go, because it was broken at Ezion-geber.

  • Ezek 27:15
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    15 The men of Rodan were your traders: a great number of sea-lands did business with you: they gave you horns of ivory and ebony as an offering.

  • Rev 18:12
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    12 Gold, and silver, and stones of great price, and jewels, and delicate linen, and robes of purple and silk and red; and perfumed wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel made of fair wood, and of brass, and iron, and stone;

  • Isa 60:9
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    9 Vessels of the sea-lands are waiting for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, so that your sons may come from far, and their silver and gold with them, to the place of the name of the Lord your God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he has made you beautiful.

  • Ezek 27:21-22
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    21 Arabia and all the rulers of Kedar did business with you; in lambs and sheep and goats, in these they did business with you.

    22 The traders of Sheba and Raamah did trade with you; they gave the best of all sorts of spices and all sorts of stones of great price and gold for your goods.

  • 1 Kgs 10:2
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    2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels weighted down with spices, and stores of gold and jewels: and when she came to Solomon she had talk with him of everything in her mind.

  • 1 Kgs 9:14
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    14 And Hiram sent the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold.

  • Jer 10:9
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    9 Silver hammered into plates is sent from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the expert workman and of the hands of the gold-worker; blue and purple is their clothing, all the work of expert men.

  • 2 Chr 20:36
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    36 Together they made ships to go to Tarshish, building them in Ezion-geber.

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    9 King Solomon made himself a bed of the wood of Lebanon.

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    16 And on all the ships of Tarshish, and on all the fair boats.

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    10 Let the kings of Tarshish and of the islands come back with offerings; let the kings of Sheba and Seba give of their stores.

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    3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had made,