Already in the time of David commercial relations had been established between Israel and Tyre (2 Samuel 5:11 f). The ships were broken, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish. Ships of Tarshish made a deep impression upon the imagination of the Hebrew people. This may be referenced in Psalm48:7 which records "By the east wind you shattered the ships of Tarshish." 27:12). I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity" ( Jonah 4:2 ). '(3) cephinah, "innermost parts of the ship" the Revised Version (British and American), "sides of the ship" the King James Version (Jonah 1:5, the only place where the word is found).In Apocrypha ploion, is the usual word (The Wisdom of Solomon 14:1; Ecclesiasticus 33:2, etc. Archeologists have determined that mining began in Cornwall back in the stone agemaybe as long ago as 2000 B.C. It was a major center of trade and commerce in the ancient world. (, From the book of Chronicles there would seem to have been a Tarshish accessible from the Red Sea, in addition to the Tarshish of the south of Spain. Lipiski, E. (2004). Isaiah 2:16 For all the ships of Tarshish, and for all pleasant imagery. Get Your Bible Minute in Your Inbox Every Morning, a Sanscrit or Aryan word, meaning "the sea coast.". In this version of the tale, the queen has a name: Makeda. post 1875. Its one of those words that we often skip over because it seems insignificant or hard to pronounce. commonassociation of the metal withthe western Mediterranean. (2003). Wail, you inhabitants of the coast! Bible verses about Tarshish. It appears that this name also is used without reference to any locality. . Isaiah 66:19 "I will set a sign among them, and I will send such as escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the islands afar off, who have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations. 2nd. It is in ships of Tarshish that the prophet of the Return sees the exiles borne in crowds to Jerusalem as their natural home (Isaiah 60:9).From Solomon's time onward the kings of Judah retained their hold upon Eloth (1 Kings 22:48 2 Chronicles 20:35-37) till it was seized by the Syrians in the days of Ahaz (2 Kings 16:6). The merchants of Tarshish; the inhabitants of the sea-coast westward, and Magog north. Some have pointed out thatthere is a mining town in Spaincalled Tharsis but this is a recentdevelopment and obviously animported name by a British miningcompany. 2. There are three schools of thought where Tarshish is concerned. (After the capture of Jerusalem the emperor Titus returned to Italy in such a vessel, touching at Rhegium and landing at Puteoil.) The term tin islands could hardly be applied to Spain which is locatedin mainland Europe but it would fit well with the British Isles. The king of Greece being signified by a "shaggy" goat. What is Tarshish called today? 5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every . (3) ploion, "boat" (Matthew 4:21, 22 and many other places in the Gospels-the ordinary fishingboat of the Sea of Galilee rendered "boat" uniformly in the Revised Version (British and American) instead of "ship" the King James Version), "ship" (Acts 20:13, and all other places where the ship carrying Paul is mentioned, except Acts 27:41, as above). Nevertheless, different sources have referred to it as a city, a mountain, even a river the Guadalquivir. 9 La reine de Sba apprit la renomme de Salomon, et elle vint Jrusalem pour l'prouver par des nigmes. It is located on the Tarsus River, about 12 miles (20 km) from the Mediterranean Sea coast. The ships of Tarshish were carriers of your (Tyre's) merchandise. to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great spoil? The Jews like the Egyptians and the Assyrians had a natural shrinking from the sea, and Ecclesiasticus interprets their feeling when he says: "They that sail on the sea tell of the danger thereof; and when we hear it with our ears, we marvel" (43:24).III. From the land of Kittim it is revealed to them. [1], The existence of Tarshish in the western Mediterranean, along with any Phoenician presence in the western Mediterranean before c. 800BC, has been questioned by some scholars in modern times, because there is no direct evidence. The expression "ships of Tarshish" originally meant ships destined to go to Tarshish; and then probably came to signify large Phoenician ships, of a particular size the description, destined for long voyages, just as in English "East Indiaman" was a general name given to vessels, some of which were not intended to go to India at all. However, tin only came from a select few places. The largest hoard was found at Eshtemo'a, present-day as-Samu, and contained 26kg of silver. Among the Hebrews(1) In Early Times(2) During the Monarchy(3) In Later Times2. The same evidence from hacksilber is said to fit with what the ancient Greek and Roman authors recorded about the Phoenicians exploiting many sources of silver in the western Mediterranean to feed developing economies back in Israel and Phoenicia soon after the fall of Troy and other palace centers in the eastern Mediterranean around 1200BC. The obvious answer is Saudi Arabia, ancient Sheba and Dedan! (2) During the Monarchy.It is not till the time of the monarchy that the Hebrews begin to figure as a commercial people. One view locates Tarshish to the East, accessible from Solomon's great seaport at Ezion Geber on the Red Sea. In the boat on which Jesus and the disciples were crossing the Lake after the feeding of the 5,000, Jesus was in the stern "asleep on the cushion" (Mark 4:38, the King James Version "a pillow"; Greek proskephalaion, "headrest"). The prophecy of Psalms 48 was fulfilled in 1948. With such uncertainty surroundingTartessus it would be dangerous toassert that Spain was the Tarshishof Scripture which was a maritimepower in the days of Solomon and which was the source of minerals for the great tradingcity of Tyre when Ezekielwrote in the 6th century BC. (2) ploiarion, "a little boat" (Mark 3:9 and two other places, John 6:22; 21:8). As with all these names, Tarshish denotes a country; in several instances, indeed, it is mentioned as a maritime country lying in the remotest region of the earth. In the late Bronze Age and into the early Iron Age, tin was a necessary ingredient for making bronze. It was a Phoenician colony, and was the most celebrated emporium in the west to which the Hebrews and Phoenicians traded. [5] Cross read the inscription to understand that it was referring to Tarshish as Sardinia. The names Tyre and Sidon were famous in the ancient Near East. [20], The context in Isaiah23:6 and 66:19 seems to indicate that it is an island, and from Israel it could be reached by ship, as attempted by Jonah (Jonah1:3) and performed by Solomon's fleet (2Chronicles9:21). The sail had also to serve "for an ensign" (lenes, Ezekiel 27:7). Sir Peter le Page Renouf (18221897)[25] thought that "Tarshish" meant a coast, and, as the word occurs frequently in connection with Tyre, the Phoenician coast is to be understood. Spain is economically weak and is only a small part of the EU. The firs album appeared in 2005with the title La ruta del estao (The Tin Route). It occurs 24 times, originally as a land of people descended from a man named Tarshish in Genesis 10:4 (also 1 Chronicles 1:7). Caesarea in New Testament times was a place of shipping and possessed a harbor which Josephus declared to be greater than the Piraeus, but it was Herodian and more Greek and Roman than Jewish. Bible concordance for TARSHISH. I suspect based on the Apostle Paul wanting to make it to the utter most part to spread the Gospel, it's Spain. Archealogical research in Cornwall recently identified ancient harbour facilities along with evidence of ancient structures. I think this is an amazing Old Testament verse, in the fact that it mentions both God the father and Jesus the son, who is called the Holy One of Israel. It is also a prophecy that was literally fulfilled in the last years before 1948. The Queen of Sheba is the monarch mentioned in the Bible and then in later works who travels to Jerusalem to experience the wisdom of King Solomon (c. 965-931 BCE) of Israel first-hand. The boats were probably of a size and build similar to the few employed on the Lake today, which are between 20 and 30 ft. in length and 7 ft. in breadth. Implied is that Tarshish may be in the same geographic region as Sheba and Dedan. PO Box 4216 Magog settled in today's Turkey. Ezekiel regards them as the caravans that bore the merchandise of the mistress of the sea (Ezekiel 27:25). SHIPS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT1. If we can locate Tarshish in the ancient world we can identify Tarshish in the last- days prophecies. General Editor. [Eds. Theyoung lions, or offspring,join with Tarshish to challenge theinvasion of Israel by Russia, Iran,Turkey, Libya and Sudan in thelast days. THE HEBREWS AND THE SEAII. Sheba, Dedan and the Merchants of Tarshish. Daniel 8:21. We should note that Cassiterite is tin dioxide from which tin is extracted. The prophecies concerning Tarshish best fit Britain. Control of this precious metal which the Tartessians combined with copper to produce bronze, allows the Tartessians to live in great comfort. 10:9; Ezek. Egyptian ships on the Red Sea about the time of the Exodus, from reliefs of the XIXth Dynasty, had one mast and two yards, and carried also one large square sail. Genesis 10:4 1 Chronicles 1:7. Tarshish also occurs 25times in the Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible with various meanings: This is repeated in 2Chronicles20:37 preceded by the information that the ships were actually built at Ezion-geber, and emphasizing the prophecy of the otherwise unknown Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah against Jehoshaphat that "Because you have joined with Ahaziah, the Lord will destroy what you have made." Among the Hebrews:(1) In Early Times.In the early books of the Old Testament there are references connecting certain of the tribes, and these northern tribes, with the activities of the sea. Fausset's Bible Dictionary says that the ancient city of Tarshish is located in Southern Spain. During the winter the vessels were laid up, or remained in the shelter of some suitable haven. Which country is Tarshish today? This page was last edited on 19 February 2023, at 14:00. (The word may mean a "refinery . There is a long narrow peninsula in southwest Britain called Cornwall. 2). He was going in the total opposite direction that God told him to go, on a boat travelling as far as they go. Tarshish was an ancient city located in modern day southern Spain, due north of Gilbratar. Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars (Ezekiel 27:4-6). Some people say it was somewhere around the island of Crete. Nevertheless, tin and amber do certainly come to us from the ends of the earth. About this period we hear of ships in naval warfare. Where is Tarshish today? The first time it is mentioned in scriptures as a place, it states that King Solomon sent his ships there to trade. Tarshish (Phoenician: .mw-parser-output .script-phoenician{font-family:"ALPHABETUM Unicode","MPH 2B Damase",Aegean,Code2001,"Noto Sans Phoenician",FreeSans,"Segoe UI Historic",sans-serif} TR, Hebrew: Tar, Greek: , Tharseis) occurs in the Hebrew Bible with several uncertain meanings, most frequently as a place (probably a large city or region) far across the sea from Phoenicia (modern Lebanon) and the Land of Israel. Kittim is referred to in the three greater Prophets (Isaiah 23:1, 12 Jeremiah 2:10 Ezekiel 27:6). TARSHISH tr' shsh ().KJV alternately THARSHISH thr' shsh. ), "seems not to have been used in ancient navigation; its purpose was served by the sail, as for example at the battle of Actium the ship of Antony was distinguished by its purple sail. The same partnership existed for the commerce of the West. .hide-if-no-js { Among Neighboring Nations:(1) Egypt.The Egyptians, like other nations of antiquity, had a great horror of the open sea, although they were expert enough in managing their craft upon the Nile. Hence we may infer that the word Tarshish was also used to signify any distant place, and in this case would be applied to one in the Indian Ocean. The storm not abating, they were driven past the Pillars of Hercules, and at last, by some special guiding providence, reached Tartessus. The ancient capital of Saudi Arabia is still called Dedan on many maps today. that is, the inhabitants of a tract of country between the Caspian and Euxine Seas, which nearly corresponded to the modern Georgia. Young Lions: Either the colonies that came from the UK, namely North America or the offshoots of Spain, mainly the Latin American countries. The builders of the second temple also got timber from Lebanon and conveyed it to Joppa. Where did the minerals from Tarshish come from? It is also true thatthe mountains of Wales, just north of Cornwall have been a source of all the mineralslisted in Ezekiel 27:12. Contrary to translations that have been rendering Assyrian tar-si-si as 'Tarsus' up to the present time, Thompson argues that the Assyrian tablets inscribed in Akkadian indicate tar-si-si (Tarshish) was a large island in the western Mediterranean, and that the poetic construction of Psalm72:10 also shows that it was a large island to the very distant west of Phoenicia. This seemingly rules out Spain as Tarshish and the Latin American countries as the young lions. Marayong NSW 2148 Thus, with regard to the ships of Tarshish, which Jehoshaphat caused to be constructed at Ezion-geber on the Elanitic Gulf of the Red Sea, (. Fourth-named of the seven "princes" of Persia in the time of Artaxerxes ( Es 1:14 ). }. . Daniel 8:22. Jonah 1:3 But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh. Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs (Ezekiel 27:12). Sheba, Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with the young lions of Tarshish, ask Gog why it is invading Israel. Ezekiel also, foretelling the overthrow of Egypt, speaks of messengers traveling with the news on swift Nile boats to strike terror into the hearts of the "careless Ethiopians" (30:9). Herein, how far is Tarshish from Joppa? The masts and yards were made of fir, or of pine, and the sails of linen, but the fiber of papyrus was employed as well as flax in the manufacture of sail-cloth. The word "launch," of putting a boat or a ship into the sea, has disappeared from the Revised Version (British and American), except in Luke 8:22, where it is more appropriate to an inland lake. In recent years the Spanish people have shown increased interest in their roots and a comic series made reference to Tertessus: Probably more appealing to readers is the recent and highly successful comic series Tartessos. Magog settled in today's Turkey. It was one of the most important, and at times the dominant, city of Phoenicia, whose citizens claimed it had been founded by the great god Melqart. 3rd. The Merchants of Tarshish. Of internal navigation, beyond the fishing-boats on the Sea of Galilee which belong exclusively to the New Testament, the ferry boat on the Jordan (2 Samuel 19:18, `abharah) alone receives notice, and even that is not perfectly clear (the Revised Version margin "convoy," but a "ford" is doubtless meant). It is from Tyre and Egypt and even Assyria and Babylonia, rather than from their own waters, that the Hebrew prophets and psalmists drew their pictures of seafaring life.II. [22], Rufus Festus Avienus the Latin writer of the 4th century AD, identified Tarshish as Cadiz. You were filled and very glorious in the midst of the seas. In the Gospels:It is the fishing-boats of the Sea of Galilee which exclusively occupy attention in the Gospels. When Simon reared his monument over the sepulcher of his father and brothers at Modin, he set up seven pyramids with pillars, upon which were carved figures of ships to be "seen of all that sail on the sea" (1 Maccabees 13:29). There is consensus that it existed somewhere in the area between Huelva, Cdiz and Seville, but who the inhabitants were we do not know. Most Bible maps showTarshish somewhere on the westcoast of Spain. Muhly, J. D. (1998). Ezekiel 27:12 Tarshish was your merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded for your wares. In regard to tin, the trade of Tarshish in this metal is peculiarly significant, and, taken in conjunction with similarity of name and other circumstances already mentioned, is reasonably conclusive as to its identity with Tartessus. : Southern Phoenician hacksilber hoards and the location of Tarshish', "Chabad Tanakh: Rashi's Commentary on Daniel 10:6", "Chapter 9: The Sermon | Moby Dick | Herman Melville | Lit2Go ETC", "Tarshish in the mountains of Lebanon: Attestations of a Biblical place name", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tarshish&oldid=1140310495, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. She is manned with oarsmen of Sidon and Arvad, pilots of the wise men of Tyre, calkers from Gebal to stop up the cracks and seams in her timbers, mariners and men of war from other lands who enhanced her beauty by hanging up the shield and helmet within her. Ships in the New Testament.1. The name Tartessus (sometimes Tartessos) has long been surrounded by myth. Tarshish was a nation that was rich in minerals and supplied the known world in the 6th century BC through the markets at the coastal city of Tyre. From the book of Chronicles there would seem to have been a Tarshish accessible from the Red Sea, in addition to the Tarshish of the south of Spain. Tarshish was a son of Javan, who settled the area of Southern Greece. (Spain -Thenandnow). commentators have thought Tarshishwas Tartessus which appears inGreek mythical writings. "Tarshish is ancient Tartessus in the present-day nation of Spain. Bochart, the 17thcentury French Protestant pastor, suggested in his Phaleg (1646) that Tarshish was the city of Tartessos in southern Spain. There are only two species known: both inhabit the mainland and islands of India; so that the mention of the peacock seems to exclude the possibility of the voyage having been to Africa. When God sent Jonah as a missionary to the capital, Nineveh, the prophet balked. Thompson, C.M. Now Caesarea has disappeared; and Joppa has only an open roadstead where vessels lie without shelter, and receive and discharge cargo and passengers by means of boats plying between them and the shore. "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". Where is biblical Tarsus located? "Ships of Tarshish" is an expression sometimes denoting simply ships intended for a long voyage ( Isaiah 23:1 Isaiah 23:14 ), ships of a large size (sea-going ships), whatever might be the port to which they sailed. "(b) As regards the crew, in the two-banked Phoenician ship the rowers of the first bank work their oars over the gunwale, and those of the second through portholes lower down, so that each may have free play for his oar. Put and Libya are located in northern Africa. "For the king (Solomon) had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram: once every three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks" (1 Kings 10:22).Tarshish is the name of the Phoenician colony on the river Tartessus, called also Baetis, the modern Guadalquivir. No other nation in history has created an empire of colonies like the British Empire. have you assembled your company to take the prey? (Book 3, para 115). According to historians, Nineveh is an ancient city in present day Iraq. The calkers were those who filled up seams or cracks in the timbers with tow and covered them over with tar or wax, after the manner of the instruction given to Noah regarding the Ark: "Thou. shalt pitch it within and without with pitch" (Genesis 6:14). The Psalmist takes it as a proof of the power of Yahweh that He breaks the ships of Tarshish with an east wind (Psalm 48:7). James, showing the power of little things, adduces the ships, large though they be, and driven by fierce winds, turned about by a very small "rudder" (pedalion), as "the impulse of the steersman willeth" (James 3:4). & Skaggs, S. (2013). It is said to be buried under the Coto Doana (the combined marshlands and dunes at the mouth of the Guadalquivir that are now protected as a National Park), others claim it is under Seville or Huelva and so on. Was there a joint nautical venture on the Mediterranean Sea by Tyrian Phoenicians and Early Israelites?'. One or two of the particulars of this description may be commented upon. Britain and America have strong ties with Arabia (Sheba and Dedan) which is linked to the last days whereas Spain has such no such links. My contention is that Tarshish could possibly be the modern day nation of Great Britain. The same place-name occurs in the Akkadian inscriptions of Esarhaddon (the Assyrian king, d.669BC) and also on the Phoenician inscription of the Nora Stone in Sardinia; its precise location was never commonly known, and was eventually lost in antiquity. In this case, however, the ships are not war ships, but more probably merchant ships, or ships for pleasure, sailing in the Euphrates. Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary - Tarshish, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Tarshish, The name of a place which first comes into notice in the days of Solomon. nine Answer (1 of 9): Tarshish - great-grandson of Benjamin; a "king" from the House of Judah, son of Bilhan, son of Jediael, son of Benjamin, son of Israel/Jacob - displaced during the 597 BC Seige of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. Unique Circular Format - see more in less space. What is Tarshish called today? Tarshish occupied the uttermost parts of the west. While this is just a comic series it is based on fact as Encyclopedia Wikipedia states: Britain was not unknown to the Classical world. The record states: Coincidentally, there is a town named Tharsis 50 kilometres north of Huelva; the th combination, however, is a linguistic curiosity and alien to the Spanish language. All of the minerals marketed by the merchants of Tarshish could have come from Britain but. As a Persian name the word stands in relation with Teresh (2,221; 6:2), and with Tirshatha; all probably from the . (2010). The metals were reportedly obtained in partnership with King Hiram of Phoenician Tyre (Isaiah23), and fleets of ships from Tarshish. (2010). The Jewish-Portuguese scholar, politician, statesman and financier Isaac Abarbanel (1437-1508 A.D.) described Tarshish as "the city known in earlier times as Carthage and today called Tunis." One possible identification for many centuries preceding the French scholar Bochart (d. The last mine closed in 2004. Itineraria Phoenicia. Solomon's ships were so styled ( 1Kings 10:22 ; 22:49 ). ); and perhaps a nation founded by him ().It is thought that most of the names in the table of nations refer to groups as well as to individuals from whom they were descended; this person presumably is the progenitor of a Mediterranean people.

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