Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'tarshish' occurs 25 times in the standard works.

7 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'tarshish' in the standard works and contain 28% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jonah 1:3 (3 in 1 verse)

 1:3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.





2 Chr. 9:21 (2 in 1 verse)

 9:21 For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.





2 Chr. 20:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

 20:36 And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion-geber.

 20:37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the Lord hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.




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Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 24 0 24
Gen. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 4 0 4
Esth. 1 0 1
Ps. 2 0 2
Isa. 7 0 7
Jer. 1 0 1
Ezek. 3 0 3
Jonah 4 0 4
NT 0 0 0
BM 1 0 1
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 25 0 25

2 Chr. 9:21
For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

2 Chr. 20:36
And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion-geber.

2 Chr. 20:37
Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the Lord hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.