Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageThe king maintained a fleet of Tarshish ships at sea alongside Hiram's fleet; every three years it would return loaded with gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GFor the king had a Tarshish fleet at sea alongside the fleet of Hiram; once every three years the Tarshish fleet would come, bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
KJV
King James VersionFor the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleFor 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.
Footnotes
*Oniyot Tarshish* ('Tarshish fleet') likely refers to large oceangoing vessels capable of long-distance trade, possibly named for the distant port of Tarshish — variously identified with Tartessus in Spain, Sardinia, or a site on the east African coast. The exotic cargo signals the reach of Solomon's commercial empire beyond Israel's borders. *Tukiyyim* ('peacocks') is linguistically uncertain — some scholars prefer 'baboons' based on Egyptian and Tamil cognates. FOG and FOG Message both retain the traditional 'peacocks,' acknowledging the uncertainty in a footnote rather than in the text.
