2 Chronicles 9:21

9:21 The king had a fleet of large merchant ships42 manned by Huram’s men43 that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet44 came into port with cargoes of45 gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.46

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42	tn Heb “for ships belonging to the king were going [to] Tarshish with the servants of Huram.” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.
43	tn Heb “servants.”
44	tn Heb “the fleet of Tarshish [ships].”
45	tn Heb “the ships of Tarshish came carrying.”
46	tn The meaning of this word is unclear; some suggest it refers to “baboons.” NEB has “monkeys,” NASB, NRSV “peacocks,” and NIV “baboons.”