2 Chronicles 9:21
large merchant ships .................. port <08659> [Tarshish.]
Bochart thinks this Tarshish was probably the promontory Cory, on the north of the island of Ceylon, which, according to him, was the land of Ophir. That it was name of a place in the East Indies, seems probable from the articles brought thence, and also from the ships sent thither being built at Ezion-geber, on the Red Sea; though Michaelis supposes that the fleet coasted along the shore of Africa, doubling the Cape of Good Hope, and came to Tartessus, in Spain, and thence back again the same way; that this accounts for their three years' voyage out and home; and that Spain and the coasts of Africa furnish all the commodities which they brought back.
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[Tharshish. ivory. or, elephants' teeth. peacocks.]
{Tukkeeyim} is rendered {taysin} in the Targum, [taonon,] in the Alexandrian MS. of the LXX., and {pavos,} "peacocks," in the Vulgate; with which the Syriac, Arabic, and Rabbins agree. This derives confirmation from the fact, that the peacock is called in Malabaric, {Togei.}
2 Chronicles 17:11
brought ........... brought <0935> [brought.]
2 Chronicles 24:14
items ....... items ............. various other <03627> [vessels of the house.]
items ....... items ...... service ........ various other <03627 08335> [vessels to minister.]
pans <05927 03709> [to offer withal. or, pestils.]
<05927> [And they offered.]
It appears from this, that the daily morning and evening sacrifices had been previously intermitted; and that they were again neglected after the death of Jehoiada.
lifetime <03117> [all the days.]
