Places
Tarshish in 1 Kings 10
TAR-shish
This place shows up in 1 Kings 10:22: “For the king had a fleet of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet. Once every three years the fleet of Tarshish came, bringing gold, silver,…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
1 Kings 10:22
“For the king had a fleet of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet. Once every three years the fleet of Tarshish came, bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.”
What kids can learn
When you hear tarshish in 1 Kings, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read 1 Kings 10:22 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 1 Kings 10:22
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ForthekinghadafleetofTarshishatseawithfleet.OnceeverythreeyearsthefleetofTarshishcame,gold,silver,ivory,apes,and