1Ki 10:22, 2Ch 9:21, Psa 48:7, Isa 2:16, 60:9, Jon 1:3 | TSK | STEP | Tharshish. Tarshish. ivory. or, elephant's teeth. apes.{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.

1 Kings 10:22

Tharshish.

22:48; Ge 10:4; 2Ch 9:21; 20:36,37; Ps 48:7; 72:10; Isa 2:16

Isa 23:1,6,10; 60:9; 66:19; Eze 27:12; Jon 1:3

Tarshish. ivory. or, elephant's teeth.

apes.{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 39:13

2 Chronicles 9:21

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.

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1Ki 10:22; 22:48

Tharshish. ivory. or, elephants' teeth. peacocks.{Tukkeeyim} is rendered {taysin} in the Targum, [taonon,] in the Alexandrian MS. 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.}

Job 39:13

Psalms 48:7

breakest.

Eze 27:25,26

ships.

1Ki 22:48; Isa 2:16

east.

Jer 18:17

Isaiah 2:16

the ships.

23:1; 1Ki 10:22; 22:48,49; Ps 47:7; Re 18:17-19

pleasant pictures. Heb. pictures of desire.

Nu 33:52; Re 18:11

Isaiah 60:9

the isles.

42:4,10; 49:1; 51:5; 66:19,20; Ge 9:27; 10:2-5; Ps 72:10; Zep 2:11

the ships.

2:16; 1Ki 10:22; 22:48

thy sons.

4; Ps 68:30,31; Zec 14:14; 2Co 8:4,5; Ga 3:26; 4:26

unto.

Ex 33:19; 34:5-7; Jos 9:9; 1Ki 8:41; 10:1; Pr 18:20; Jer 3:17

Joh 17:26; Ac 9:15

because.

14:1,2; 43:4; 52:1-6; 55:5; 57:17; Jer 30:19; Lu 2:32

Jonah 1:3

to flee.

4:2; Ex 4:13,14; 1Ki 19:3,9; Jer 20:7-9; Eze 3:14; Lu 9:62; Ac 15:38

26:19; 1Co 9:16

from.

Ge 3:8; 4:16; Job 1:12; 2:7; Ps 139:7-12; 2Th 1:9

Joppa.

Jos 19:46; 2Ch 2:16; Ac 9:36

Tarshish.As Jonah embarked at Joppa, a seaport on the Mediterranean, it was probably either Tarsus in Cilicia, or rather Tartessus in Spain, to which he intended to flee. When we reflect how such a message would be received in the streets of London at this day, we shall not wonder at the prophet's reluctance to announce the destruction of the proud and idolatrous Nineveh.

Isa 2:16; 23:1,6,10; 60:9; Eze 27:12