1 Kings 10:22

10:22 Along with Hiram’s fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships ¹  that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet ²  came into port with cargoes of ³  gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. ⁴ 

1 Kings 2:26

2:26 The king then told Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your property ⁵  in Anathoth. You deserve to die, ⁶  but today I will not kill you because you did carry the ark of the sovereign Lord before my father David and you suffered with my father through all his difficult times.” ⁷ 

[10:22]  ¹ tn Heb “a fleet of Tarshish [ships].” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.

[10:22]  ² tn Heb “the fleet of Tarshish [ships].”

[10:22]  ³ tn Heb “came carrying.”

[10:22]  ⁴ tn The meaning of this word is unclear. Some suggest “baboons.”

[2:26]  ⁵ tn Or “field.”

[2:26]  ⁶ tn Heb “you are a man of death.”

[2:26]  ⁷ tn Heb “and because you suffered through all which my father suffered.”