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

²¹ For the king’s ships went to ^(A)Tarshish with the servants of ^[a]Hiram. Once every three years the ^[b]merchant ships came, bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and ^[c]monkeys.

²² For the king had ^(A)merchant^[a] ships at sea with the fleet of Hiram. Once every three years the merchant ^(B)ships came bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and ^[b]monkeys.

^26 (A)King Solomon also built a fleet of ships at ^(B)Ezion Geber, which is near ^[a]Elath on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.