, ivory horns. From this, I concluded that the Ships of Tarshish will be little boats and martime vessels from around the world, that will be collecting Jews, maybe from eastern Russia but not only, and bring them to Israel. T. K. Cheyne (18411915) thought that "Tarshish" of Genesis 10:4 and "Tiras" of Genesis 10:2 are really two names of one nation derived from two different sources, and might indicate the Tyrsenians or Etruscans. ISAIAH 2:16 KJV "And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all Like Sodom and Gomorrah it is totally destroyed and "its place remembers it no more!" For the purpose of distinguishing this Arabian Javan from Greece itself, or in order to define it more precisely, is appended, which all the older translators have taken to be a proper name. - New American Standard Version (1995) Glossary. Psalm 49. 1081ff.). When asking the Lord where Tarshish was and what the Ships of Tarshish were, He reminded me that Jonah was fleeing to Tarshish the furthest point west in Jonah's world. Once every three years the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold, silver, ivory, monkeys, and peacocks. 23:3, New King James Version). Your people sailed the deep seas, buying and selling, 3 Making money on wheat from Shihor, grown along the Nile - multinational broker in grains! 18And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing. Sign up now for the latest news and deals from Bible Gateway! The rendering confectionery is founded upon the Aramaean , deliciari, and the Chaldee translation, , i.e., , according to Hesychius, , or sweetmeats made from honey. Isaiah 2:16-21 ESV - against all the ships of Tarshish, and - Bible Gateway .. , Keri , signifies hebenum, ebony. signifies literally bound or would up; probably twisted, i.e., formed of several threads wound together or spun; and , firm, compact, from Arab. 5As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre. Next nwtstg DOWNLOAD OPTIONS JWPUB 9The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth. PSALMS 48:7 KJV "Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind." Tarshish is actually the great grandson of Noah! This Corpus dates between 1200 and 586BC, and the hoards in it are all silver-dominant. And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures. Yes, they will come home on all and any available transport. KJV, Value Thinline Bible, Large Print, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, King James Version, KJV, The King James Study Bible, Red Letter, Full-Color Edition: KJV Holy Bible, KJV, Reference Bible, Personal Size Giant Print, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print, KJV, Gift and Award Bible, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, King James Version, KJV, Deluxe Reference Bible, Super Giant Print, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print, KJV, Thinline Bible, Large Print, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, King James Version. Sign up now for the latest news and deals from Bible Gateway! 6 31, xxiv. 588ff., and II 3, p. 36. In the bible there is a day of reckoning for the ships of Tarshish because they represent pride and arrogance Try it free today! 2Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. Copyright 2023 Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. New Living Translation The ships of Tarshish were your ocean caravans. The expression "ships of Tarshish" occurs a number of times in the Old Testament and is seen to denote large oceangoing merchant vessels irrespective of destination. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them, Ezekiel 27:25-30 The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas, Revelation 18:11-19 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: . Further particulars concerning Tarshish are to be found in Movers, Phoeniz. (Acts 9:11; 21:39; 22:3) We know the whereabouts of Tarsus today, being in Asia Minor or modern Turkey. For the king had at sea the [large cargo] ships of Tarshish with the ships of Hiram. Find answers to your Bible questions with Bible Gateway Plus. - Javan, i.e., Jania, Greece or Greeks. In Ezekiel 27:25 the description is rounded off with a notice of the lever of this world-wide trade. pro concr., those who were ready to thy hand as merchants. In Ezekiel 27:16, J. D. Michaelis, Ewald, Hitzig, and others read for , after the lxx and Pesh., because Aram did not lie in the road from Dedan and the to Israel (Ezekiel 27:17), and it is not till Ezekiel 27:18 that Ezekiel reaches Aram. 2 Hold your tongue, you who live on the seacoast, merchants of Sidon. After leaving Alaska in a westerly direction one would eventually reach the East (Russia). The combination with and the articles of commerce which they brought to Tyre, point to a people of southern Arabia settled in the neighbourhood of the Persian Gulf. Isaiah 23:6 chapter context similar meaning copy save Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle. Psalm 48:7 in all English translations. Eze Ezk). It is probable that the principal supplies of brazen articles were furnished by the Tibareni and Moschi, as the Colchian mountains still contain an inexhaustible quantity of copper. , wool of dazzling whiteness; or, according to others, wool of Zachar, for which the Septuagint has , Milesian wool. "What the Bible says about Tarshish." It was accorded a very encouraging reception. (Isaiah 6:8), -is for Home, for the Jews are coming home, never again to be pushed out! Legends grew up around it over time so that its identity has been the subject of scholarly research and commentary for more than two thousand years. There is no other known such concentration of silver hoards in contemporary Mediterranean, and its date-range overlaps with the reigns of King Solomon (990931BC) and Hiram of Tyre (980947BC). Giovanni Schiaparelli put the Greek form of the name, Tharsis, as a region on the planet Mars. Of the articles of commerce delivered by , the red purple, embroidery, and (the Aramaean name for byssus, which appears, according to Movers, to have originally denoted a species of cotton), favour Aram, particularly Babylonia, rather than Edom. (2010). [10][11] It is described as a source of various metals: "beaten silver is brought from Tarshish" (Jeremiah 10:9), and the Phoenicians of Tyre brought from there silver, iron, tin and lead (Ezekiel 27:12). Tarshish and the problem of Phoenician colonization in the western Mediterranean. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. EZEKIEL 27:25 KJV "The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market The Ships of Tarshish were constructed (at one point-in-time) by Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, in Etzion Geber, but because he allied himself with Ahaziah, king of Israel, God destroyed the ships. You are filled with heavy cargo as you sail the sea. TARSHISH - JewishEncyclopedia.com adopts a similar conclusion, and adduces evidence that silk yarn, bombyx, and cotton came to Tyre through the Mesopotamian trade, and were there dyed in the splendid Tyrian purples, and woven into cloths, or brought for sale with the dyeing complete. BEST VALUE in digital Bible study. This is still reputed to be the "Merchants of Tarshish" today by some[clarification needed] Christian sects. This idea of the "furthest point" is also captured in Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick, where the Father Mapple gives a sermon on the story of Jonah, identifying the Tarshish to which Jonah flees with the port of Cadiz in Spain, "as far by water, from Joppa, as Jonah could possibly have sailed in those ancient days, when the Atlantic was an almost unknown sea" (Chapter 9, "The Sermon"). You may unsubscribe from Bible Gateways emails at any time. - is for Serving, which should be our hearts desire to help restore His People to the Land! The many are the islands and coasts of Arabia on the Persian Gulf and Erythraean Sea. | "Tarshish and all her villages" therefore can be taken as standing for the distant countries of the West, the entire West African coast, Spain and Britain. 13Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin. " Ships of Tarshish" is an expression sometimes denoting simply ships intended for a long voyage ( Isaiah 23:1, 14 ), ships of a large size (sea-going ships), whatever might be the port to which they sailed. (Isaiah 11:11, 12). is not to be altered into , as it has been by Ewald, both arbitrarily and unsuitably with Ezekiel 27:20 immediately following; nor is it to be rendered "and Dan." - King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan For the king had ships which went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold and silver, ivory and apes and peacocks. Solomon and Jehoshaphat utilized such ships for trade purposes.1Ki 9:26; 10:22; 22:48. For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram's fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. You may unsubscribe from Bible Gateways emails at any time. Cassia and calamus (see the comm. 13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, 14 And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, 15 And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall, 16And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures. 263ff.) TARSHISH tr' shsh ().KJV alternately THARSHISH thr' shsh. Ezekiel 27:19. | - Judah (Ezekiel 27:17) delivered to Tyre wheat of Minnith, i.e., according to Judges 11:33, an Ammonitish place, situated, according to the Onomast., four Roman miles from Heshbon in the direction of Philadelphia. xii. nat. Biblical Tarshish is a coastal city in ancient times that is often connected with ships, also referred to as the Ships of Tarshish. - is for Me! 16And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures. (Note: According to Movers (II 3, p. 269), is the Sicharia of Aethicus (Cosm. If you have any questions, please review our Privacy Policy or email us at privacy@biblegateway.com. Isaiah 23:10 Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: [there is] no more strength. , corals or pearls (vid., Delitzsch on Job 28:18). Although God cursed Tarshish for turning its back on Him, He does offer an End-time hope for Tarshish to redeem himself. For "treasures" is the only meaning which can be assigned to with any certainty on philological grounds, and , from , Arab. Although it is on the Berdan River, which empties into the Mediterranean, it is not Tarshish, I believe, although the historian Josephus Flavius does make that association. [25], Bochart, apart from Spain (see there), also suggested eastern localities for the ports of Ophir and Tarshish during King Solomon's reign, specifically the Tamilakkam continent (present day South India and Northern Ceylon) where the Dravidians were well known for their gold, pearls, ivory and peacock trade. A survey and evaluation of the historical references to the "Ships of Tarshish" with suggested solutions for various problems and issues. There are several indications that Tarshish could have been located at Malta, where still today a local council is called Tarxien. , cloaks ( connected with ) of hyacinth-purple and embroidery, for which Babylonia was celebrated (for proofs of this, see Movers, pp. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them. 4 8). , Ezekiel 23:12 and Ezekiel 34:4), or more generally, costly works of art (Hvernick). God gives an incredible word to the prophet Isaiah when He said foretells that one day the Ships of Tarshish are going to carry His children home from afar, to the Holy One of Israel. New International Version (NIV). 7). English Standard Version Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste. Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them. Ships Of Tarshish | tarshish Jerome renders it balsamum, after the of the lxx; and in Hitzig's opinion, Pannaga (literally, a snake) is a name used in Sanscrit for a sweet-scented wood, which was employed in medicine as a cooling and strengthening drug (?). The Ships of Tarshish were constructed (at one point-in-time) by Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, in Etzion Geber, but because he allied himself with Ahaziah, king of Israel, God destroyed the ships. Cross References 2 9 occurrences in 20 translations, Old Testament (9), 1 Kings (2), 2 Chronicles (1), Psalm (1), Isaiah (4), Ezekiel (1). iii. (f) "principes", V. L. Montanus, Castalio, Starckius; "praecipuae", Tigurine version, Grotius. This page was last edited on 4 June 2023, at 22:01. Your island warehouse was filled to the brim! Tarshish was one of the maritime peoples (v5) and where he settled received his name. Byz. No software to install. Isaiah 23:14 chapter context similar meaning copy save This massive Immigration of Jews back to Israel, as God foretold through Moses. The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas. Since then additional confirmatory (B)26Your oarsmen take youout to the high seas.But the east wind(C) will break you to piecesfar out at sea.27Your wealth,(D) merchandise and wares,your mariners, sailors and shipwrights,your merchants and all your soldiers,and everyone else on boardwill sink into the heart of the sea(E)on the day of your shipwreck.28The shorelands will quake(F)when your sailors cry out.29All who handle the oarswill abandon their ships;the mariners and all the sailorswill stand on the shore.30They will raise their voiceand cry bitterly over you;they will sprinkle dust(G) on their headsand roll(H) in ashes. ); and Babylon was also the oldest and most important market for precious stones (vid., Movers, p. 266). Are we ready to be an instrument in this Aliyah? 9 Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love. The burden of Tyre. Classical sources starting with Homer (8thcenturyBC), and the Greek historians Herodotus (484425BC) and Diodorus Siculus (d.30BC) said the Phoenicians were exploiting the metals of the west for these purposes before they set up the permanent colonies in the metal-rich regions of the Mediterranean and Atlantic. [23] This idea stems from the fact that Tarshish is recorded to have been a trader in tin, silver, gold, and lead,[24] all of which were mined in Cornwall. S Lev 13:40; S Job 1:20; S Isa 3:17; S Jer 48:37, S Est 4:1; Job 3:20; Isa 22:12; Jer 6:26; S La 2:10; S Eze 7:18, NIV, The Story: The Bible as One Continuing Story of God and His People, NIV, Biblical Theology Study Bible, Comfort Print: Follow Gods Redemptive Plan as It Unfolds throughout Scripture, NIV, Thinline Bible/Journal Pack, Large Print, Leathersoft, Turquoise, Comfort Print, NIV, Lucado Encouraging Word Bible, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV, Story of Jesus: Experience the Life of Jesus as One Seamless Story. on Genesis 10:2). II 28), although this precious metal is no found there now. Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber. 4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. Surely the islands look to me; in the lead are the ships of Tarshish, bringing your children from afar, with their silver and gold, to the honor of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has endowed you with splendor. Honey (from bees) and oil are well-known productions of Palestine. The slave trade was carried on most vigorously by the Ionians and Greeks (see Joel 4:6, from which we learn that the Phoenicians sold prisoners of war to them); and both Greeks and Romans drew their largest supplies and the best slaves from the Pontus (for proofs of this, see Movers, II 3, pp. The productions mentioned bear this out. - is what we should be saying to the Lord, "Here am I", - is for Send, which continues on from the last sentence, " send me!" For the woven fabrics of Babylonia were celebrated from the earliest times (vid., Movers, II 3, pp. Here ends the account of Tyre's greatness; next follows her ruin and destruction. The prophet Isaiah in Isaiah 66:20 uses every form of transport that he knew in his time, "on horses, in chariots and wagons, and on mules and camels," to explain how every form of transport that we know of today will be used to bring His children home cars, trucks, trains, planes, boats, as well as sled-teams, camels, horses, helicopters and hovercraft. 3 4, xxxiii. PRIVACY POLICY All the other explanations which have been given of these difficult words are arbitrary and untenable; not only the Rabbinical rendering of , viz., chests of damask, but that of Ewald, "pockets of damask," and that proposed by Hartmann, Hvernick, and others, viz., girdles of various colours, . The editors of the New Oxford Annotated Bible suggest that Tarshish is either Tartessos or Sardinia. (Isaiah 23:1, 6, 10, 14; Psalm 48:7; Ezekiel 27:12 - ) A city God curses is utterly destroyed, and little if any of it remains today. Isaiah 23,Isaas 23 KJV - The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of - Bible Even in ancient times this wine was so celebrated, that, according to Posidonius (in Athen. Corresp. 4; I Chron. Tarshish - Wikipedia [17], Rufus Festus Avienus the Latin writer of the 4th century AD, identified Tarshish as Cadiz. The best value in digital Bible study. Within it, and specifically in the geographical region that was part of Phoenicia, is a concentration of hoards dated between 1200 and 800BC. Bible Verses About Tarshish - 20 passages - King James Version (KJV) 6 Trembling seized them there, pain like that of a woman in labor. - King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan "The ships of Tarshish were the carriers for your merchandise. still exists in the village of Helbn, a place with many ruins, three hours and a half to the north of Damascus, in the midst of a valley of the same name, which is planted with vines wherever it is practicable, from whose grapes the best and most costly wine of the country is made (vid., Robinson, Biblical Researches). The words which follow cannot be explained with certainty. Forged or wrought iron, by which Tuch (l.c. Tarshish is also the name of a modern village in the Mount Lebanon District of Lebanon, and Tharsis is a modern village in Southern Spain. BEST VALUE in digital Bible study. Lipiski, E. (2004). - is for Ready! "[13] One possible identification for many centuries preceding the French scholar Bochart (d.1667), and following the Roman historian Flavius Josephus (d.100AD), had been with inland town of Tarsus in Cilicia (south-central Turkey). 3((4), that an elephant's weapons, which Juba calls cornua, are more correctly to be called dentes. If you have any questions, please review our Privacy Policy or email us at privacy@biblegateway.com. All rights reserved worldwide. - Ezekiel 27:15. [32], The existence of Tarshish in the western Mediterranean, along with any Phoenician presence in the western Mediterranean before c. 800BC, has been questioned by some scholars in modern times, because there is no direct evidence. When the ships returned from Cyprus, they saw the destruction. Hist. to return payment (see the comm. l.c. Some say that the Tarshish of the Old Testament is now Tarsus of the New Testament, from where Paul originated. The articles of commerce from these emporia, which were brought to Tyre by Sabaean caravans, consisted of , literally, articles of perfect beauty, either state-dresses (cf. Tarshish was a sea-port and very wealthy (Psalm 72:10; Jeremiah 10:9; Ezekiel 27:12, 25; Ezekiel 38:13) as most Scriptures refer to ships carrying silver and gold whenever it is mentioned. All megalithic temples from the neolithic epoche of Malta are assigend to the Taxien phase of the island. 23The burden of Tyre. very glorious in the midst of the waters. And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee, &c. Ships of Tarshish signify sometimes in Scripture any trading or merchant ships; and in this general sense the expression seems to be used here: the prophet, having already reckoned up the principal countries which traded with Tyre, now adds, in comprehensive terms, that all merchants, or traders, sung or spake great things of her . 17 And the loftiness of man shall be bo. Try it FREE. 50+ reference books. Sic. English Standard Version "The ships of Tarshish were carriers of your merchandise. Isaiah 23:1 The burden of Tyre. I believe that Jonah wanted to flee to Tarshish (Jonah 1:3) as it was the furthest point west in the world of Jonah's time. The western route ran along the Euphrates, past the cities mentioned in Ezekiel 27:23. 12And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest. and thou wast replenished; with goods from all parts, with every thing for their necessity, convenience, pleasure, and delight, and to carry on a traffic with all nations: and made very glorious in the midst of the seas; with great riches, stately towers and buildings. If you have any questions, please review our Privacy Policy or email us at privacy@biblegateway.com. Thompson, C.M. - is for People - very special people - the Jews, who God is restoring to their Land! 32, 147); the latter, a tract of country opposite to the island of Tylos (Plin. Ezekiel 27:25 New Living Translation (NLT) 25 The ships of Tarshish were your ocean caravans. And amoung the places from where they will be gathered, Tarshish is mentioned! You are filled with heavy cargo as you sail the sea. And, lastly, the wealth of Yemen in gold is too strongly attested by ancient writers to be called in question (cf. In the genealogical table of the Noachid, Tarshish is given as the second son of Javan and is followed by Kittim and Dodanim (Gen. x. is it a ship) or B) if the original authority of state (i.e. The ships of Tarshish did sing of you in your market: and you were replenished, and made very glorious in the middle of the seas. Tarshish (Phoenician: TR, Hebrew: Tar, Greek: , Tharseis) occurs in the Hebrew Bible with several uncertain meanings, most frequently as a place (probably a large city or region) far across the sea from Phoenicia (modern Lebanon) and the Land of Israel.Tarshish was said to have exported vast quantities of important metals to . 19 And people shall enter the caves of the rocks and the holes of the ground, [] . Sir Peter le Page Renouf (18221897)[20] thought that "Tarshish" meant a coast, and, as the word occurs frequently in connection with Tyre, the Phoenician coast is to be understood.
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