1Ki 10:22 | TNotes | STEP | 10:22 fleet of trading ships of Tarshish: The Hebrew term designates a type of merchant ship. • Phoenician sailors manned Solomon’s fleet, which put out to sea from Ezion-geber (9:26-28 ; see Isa 23:1 ). • apes, and peacocks: Archaeology provides ample evidence that kings imported such creatures. Apparently these animals were desired for their novelty and exotic nature and because they reflected conquest of distant lands.

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‏ 1 Kings 10:22

10:22 ^a fleet of trading ships of Tarshish: The Hebrew term designates a type of merchant ship.

• Phoenician sailors manned Solomon’s fleet, which put out to sea from Ezion-geber (9:26-28 ^b; see Isa 23:1 ^c).

• apes, and peacocks: Archaeology provides ample evidence that kings imported such creatures. Apparently these animals were desired for their novelty and exotic nature and because they reflected conquest of distant lands.