2 Chronicles 9:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram, and every three years the ships of Tarshish brought gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

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  • 1 Kgs 10:22 : 22 For the king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish with the fleet of Hiram: once every three years the fleet of Tarshish came, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
  • 1 Kgs 22:48 : 48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they did not go; for the ships were wrecked at Eziongeber.
  • 2 Chr 20:36-37 : 36 And he allied himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish, and they made the ships in Ezion Geber. 37 But Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works. So the ships were wrecked and were not able to go to Tarshish.
  • Job 39:13 : 13 Did you give the peacock its splendid wings, or the ostrich its feathers?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 10:21-23
    3 verses
    94%

    21And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon.

    22For the king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish with the fleet of Hiram: once every three years the fleet of Tarshish came, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

    23So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.

  • 2 Chr 9:20
    76%

    20All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; silver was not regarded as anything in the days of Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 9:12-17
    6 verses
    76%

    12King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired, whatever she asked, besides what she had brought to the king. So she turned and went back to her own land, she and her servants.

    13The weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold,

    14besides what the traders and merchants brought. All the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.

    15King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of beaten gold went into each shield.

    16He made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three hundred shekels of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

    17The king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

  • 2 Chr 8:18
    76%

    18And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that knew the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took from there four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to King Solomon.

  • 1 Kgs 10:10-13
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    75%

    10And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a very great quantity of spices, and precious stones: no more such abundance of spices came as those which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.

    11Moreover the navy of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir a great supply of almug wood, and precious stones.

    12And the king made of the almug wood pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, also harps and lyres for singers: no such almug wood came, nor was seen, until this day.

    13And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all she desired, whatever she asked, besides what Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.

  • 1 Kgs 9:26-28
    3 verses
    75%

    26And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion Geber, which is near Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

    27And Hiram sent his servants, seamen who had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

    28And they came to Ophir, and brought from there gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 9:22-24
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    74%

    22King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

    23All the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

    24Every one of them brought his gift: articles of silver and gold, garments, armor, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year.

  • 2 Chr 9:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9She gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, a great abundance of spices, and precious stones; never again were there such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

    10The servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.

  • 1 Kgs 10:25
    73%

    25And they brought every man his gift, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a yearly rate.

  • Ezek 27:24-25
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    73%

    24These were your merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and embroidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among your merchandise.

    25The ships of Tarshish sang of you in your market: and you were replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.

  • Ezek 27:12
    72%

    12Tarshish was your merchant because of the multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in your markets.

  • 1 Kgs 10:15
    72%

    15Besides what he had from the merchants, and from the trafficking of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.

  • 1 Kgs 10:28-29
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    71%

    28And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

    29And a chariot was imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: and likewise for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, they exported them by their own means.

  • 2 Chr 9:27-28
    2 verses
    71%

    27The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars as abundant as sycamores in the low country.

    28They imported horses for Solomon from Egypt and from all lands.

  • 2 Chr 1:15-17
    3 verses
    71%

    15And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plentiful as stones, and cedar trees he made as the sycamore trees that are in the valley for abundance.

    16And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

    17And they fetched up and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: and they brought out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means.

  • 2 Chr 9:1
    71%

    1When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon's fame, she came to test Solomon with difficult questions at Jerusalem, with a very large entourage, camels carrying spices, a great quantity of gold, and precious stones. When she came to Solomon, she spoke with him about everything in her heart.

  • 1 Kgs 22:48
    70%

    48Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they did not go; for the ships were wrecked at Eziongeber.

  • Ezek 27:15
    70%

    15The men of Dedan were your merchants; many islands were the merchandise of your hand: they brought you in exchange horns of ivory and ebony.

  • Rev 18:12
    70%

    12The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all kinds of citron wood, and all types of vessels of ivory, and all kinds of vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,

  • Isa 60:9
    70%

    9Surely the isles shall wait for Me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your sons from afar, their silver and their gold with them, to the name of the LORD your God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because He has glorified you.

  • Ezek 27:21-22
    2 verses
    69%

    21Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with you in lambs, rams, and goats: in these they were your merchants.

    22The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were your merchants: they occupied in your fairs with the finest of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.

  • 1 Kgs 10:2
    69%

    2And she came to Jerusalem with a very great entourage, with camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she came to Solomon, she spoke with him of all that was in her heart.

  • 1 Kgs 9:14
    69%

    14And Hiram sent to the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold.

  • Jer 10:9
    69%

    9Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple are their clothing: they are all the work of skilled men.

  • 2 Chr 20:36
    68%

    36And he allied himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish, and they made the ships in Ezion Geber.

  • Song 3:9
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    9King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.

  • Isa 2:16
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    16And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.

  • Ps 72:10
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    10The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

  • 2 Chr 9:3
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    3When the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon and the house he had built,