Tarshish, Tharshish
Tarshish, Tharshish
Place to which ships were sent from Palestine. It is supposed by some to refer to a Spanish city named Tartessus. This would appear a suitable place from whence to obtain silver, iron, tin, and lead. Jonah taking a ship at Joppa to sail to Tarshish may also indicate a place to the west of Palestine. But other passages refer to apes and peacocks, also being brought by ships of Tarshish, and these are associated with Ezion-geber, on the Gulf of Akaba, a branch of the Red Sea. It is therefore probable that the ships from this port would sail southward to some other place, which has not been identified. 1Ki 10:22; 1Ki 22:48; 2Ch 9:21; 2Ch 20:36-37; Psa 48:7; Psa 72:10; Isa 2:16; Isa 23:1-14; Isa 60:9; Isa 66:19; Jer 10:9; Eze 27:12; Eze 27:25; Eze 38:13; Jon 1:3; Jon 4:2.