1 Kings 10:22 (WEB)
For the king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet. Once every three years the fleet of Tarshish came bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
Fathers and councils · 2
Hippolytus of Rome
- Hippolytus of Rome, Exegetical Fragments §13On Proverbs
“The “cemphus” is a kind of wild sea-bird, which has so immoderate an impulse to sexual enjoyment, that its eyes seem to fill with blood in coition; and it often blindly falls into snares, or into the hands of men.” — editor's note: [If the “cemphus” of the text equals “cepphus” of note, then “cepphus” equals “cebus” or “cepus,” which equals κῆβος, a sort of monkey. The “Kophim” of 1 Kings…
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Gregory the Great
“Thus Saul, who had before fled in consideration of his unworthiness, no sooner had assumed the government of the kingdom than he was puffed up (1 Kings x. 22; xv. 17, 30); for, desirous of being honoured before the people while unwilling to be publicly blamed, he cut off from himself even him who had…” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 7
Parallel passages
1 Kings 10:22 and 2 Chronicles 9:21 share the same wording (19 words).
Cited together with
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule I.4.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule I.4.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule I.4.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule I.4.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule I.4.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule I.4.