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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 22: 48; 2 Chr. 9: 21; 2 Chr. 20: 36, 37; Ps. 48:
7; Ps. 72: 10; Isa. 2: 16; Isa. 23: 1-14; Isa. 60: 9; Isa. 66: 19; Jer. 10:
9; Ezek. 27: 12, 25; Ezek. 38: 13; Jonah 1: 3; Jonah 4: 2.