2 Chronicles 9:21

21 The king had ships going to Tarshish with Huram's sailors. Once every three years the Tarshish ships would bring gold, silver, ivory, apes, and monkeys.

2 Chronicles 9:21 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 10:21

(See Gill on 1 Kings 10:22).

2 Chronicles 9:21 In-Context

19 Twelve lions stood on six steps, one on each side. Nothing like this had been made for any other kingdom.

20 All King Solomon's cups were gold, and all the utensils for the hall [named] the Forest of Lebanon were fine gold. (Silver wasn't considered valuable in Solomon's time.)

21 The king had ships going to Tarshish with Huram's sailors. Once every three years the Tarshish ships would bring gold, silver, ivory, apes, and monkeys.

22 In wealth and wisdom King Solomon was greater than all the [other] kings of the world.

23 All the kings of the world wanted to listen to the wisdom that God gave Solomon.