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The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim, and the Rodanim.
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The king also had ships of Tarshish at sea along with Hiram’s ships. Once every three years the ships of Tarshish would return, bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and baboons with them.
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The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
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The son of Jediael was Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
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The king had a fleet of ships that sailed to Tarshish with the servants of Huram. Once every three years a fleet of ships from Tarshish used to return with a cargo of gold, silver, ivory, apes, and monkeys.
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Jehoshaphat joined Ahaziah in the building of ships to sail to Tarshish. The fleet was built at Ezion-geber.
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As a result, Eliezer, the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah, then prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying: “Because you have made an alliance with Ahaziah, the Lord will destroy what you have made.” The ships were wrecked, and they were never fit to sail to Tarshish.
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He summoned Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven Persian and Median officials who had special access to the king and were highest in the kingdom.
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as though a wind from the east were breaking up the ships of Tarshish.
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The kings of Tarshish and the Islands will offer him tribute; the kings of Sheba and Seba will present him with gifts.
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against all the ships of Tarshish and every stately vessel.
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Chapter 23
Tyre and Sidon
An oracle concerning Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your harbor has been destroyed. From the land of Cyprus the news has reached them.
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Cross over to Tarshish; wail, you inhabitants of the coast.
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Cross over to your own land, you ships of Tarshish, for your harbors no longer exist.
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Cry out in anguish, O ships of Tarshish, for your fortress has been destroyed.
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All the vessels are assembled from the seacoasts and the islands, with the ships of Tarshish in the lead; they are bringing your children from far away, along with their silver and gold, to pay honor to the name of the Lord, your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you.
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I will set a sign among them, and I will send some of their survivors to the nations: to Tarshish, Put and Lud, Mosoch, Tubal, and Javan, to the distant coasts and islands that have never heard of me or seen my glory. They will proclaim my glory among the nations,
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adorned with beaten silver from Tarshish and gold from Ophir. Their idols are the work of craftsmen and goldsmiths and clothed with violet and purple; all of them are the product of skilled workers.
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Tarshish traded with you because of the vast abundance of your wealth, exchanging silver, iron, tin, and lead for your wares.
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The ships of Tarshish were employed as carriers for your wares. Therefore, you were filled and heavily laden as you sailed the high seas.
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Sheba and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish and all her villages, will say to you, “Is it for plunder that you have come? Have you assembled your horde to carry off silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, and to seize a great amount of booty?”
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But Jonah decided to run away from the Lord and flee to Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship that was about to sail to Tarshish. He paid his fare and boarded the ship to journey with the sailors to Tarshish, and away from the presence of the Lord.
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Praying to the Lord, he said, “Lord, isn’t this exactly what I predicted when I was still in my own country? That is why in the beginning I fled to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, who is slow to anger, abounding in mercy, and ready to relent from inflicting punishment.