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Tarshish

People's Dictionary of the Bible

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Tarshish (tär'shish), a breaking. 1 Kings 10:22; 1 Kings 22:48. 1. An ancient commercial city whose situation is not certainly determined. Some place it not far from the Straits of Gibraltar. Genesis 10:4; Psalms 72:10. The region of Tarshish, also written Tharshish, 1 Kings 10:22; 1 Kings 22:48, is possibly the Tartessus of the Greeks and Romans. The Hebrews and the Phœnicians imported silver, iron, tin, lead, and other articles of merchandise from this place of trade. Isaiah 23:1; Isaiah 23:6; Isaiah 23:10; Isaiah 66:19; Jeremiah 10:9; Ezekiel 27:12; Ezekiel 27:25; Ezekiel 38:13. "Ships of Tarshish" designated ships employed by the Tyrians in voyages to and from Tarshish, Isaiah 60:9; Jonah 1:3; Jonah 4:2; possibly all large merchant ships. Isaiah 2:16; Psalms 48:7.

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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Tarshish'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​t/tarshish.html. 1893.
 
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