2Ch 9:21 | NETfull | STEP | The king had a fleet of large merchant ships manned by Huram’s men that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet came into port with cargoes of gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

2 Chronicles 9:21

21 The king had a fleet of large merchant ships ^{▼▼ Heb “for ships belonging to the king were going [to] Tarshish with the servants of Huram.” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.} manned by Huram’s men ^{▼▼ Heb “servants.”} that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet ^{▼▼ Heb “the fleet of Tarshish [ships].”} came into port with cargoes of ^{▼▼ Heb “the ships of Tarshish came carrying.”} gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. ^{▼▼ The meaning of this word is unclear; some suggest it refers to “baboons.” NEB has “monkeys,” NASB, NRSV “peacocks,” and NIV “baboons.”}