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. 1 Kings 10:22; 1 Kings 1:22; 2 Chronicles 1:9; 2 Chronicles 1:20, 2 Chronicles 1:20; Psalms 48:7; Psalms 72:10; Isaiah 2:16; Isaiah 23:1-14; Isaiah 60:9; Isaiah 66:19; Jeremiah 10:9; Ezekiel 27:12, Ezekiel 1:27; Ezekiel 38:13; Jonah 1:3; Jonah 4:2.