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in Spain .. still is today but they might have changed its name a little.

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There was an ancient city named Tartessos there which was probably destroyed. The closest modern city is named Huelva.

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Is Philippines' ancient name Ophir?

During the early period of European colonization, the Biblical lands of Tarshish and Ophir, or Tarsis and Ofir, as they were called, held the imagination of European explorers. Not only was it believed that the "lost tribes" of Israel were to be found in these lands, but also untold wealth. To these kingdoms King Solomon and King Hiram of Tyre sent ships for trade that "brought from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones," (I Kings 10:11). Concerning Tarshish it is written: "Fro the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Hiram: every three years once came the shop sof Tarshish bringing gold and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacock." (II Chronicles 9:21) In Samuel Purchas's well-known travel compendium Purchas His Pilgrim, he devotes the entire first chapter to a discussion of Tarshish and Ophir. In particular, he argues strenously that it is beloved Britain and not Spain that deserved the title as the modern Tarshish and Ophir. Curiously, in Careri's journal of his visit to the Philippines, he mentions that he would not go into the argument raging in Europe at that time over whether the Philippines was originally populated by the descendants of Biblical Tarshish. In modern times, scholars have attempted to relate Tarshish and Ophir with a number of areas, none of which include the Philippines. However, things were different in Europe prior to the discovery of the Philippines. There, they believed that Tarsis and Ofir were some lands far to the east of biblical Israel. Their reasoning was actually quite logical. King Solomon built the port from which ships departed for Tarsis and Ofir at Ezion-Geber on the coast of the Red Sea. The return journey took about three years, so obviously the location must be somewhere far to the East. In modern times, some scholars have tried to suggest that Solomon's navy circumnavigated Africa to reach the Mediterranean, but the seafaring Europeans of those times would not consider such nonsense. Tarsis and Ofir were unknown lands beyond the Golden Chersonese of Ptolemy. Their discovery would undoubtedly bring untold wealth and great fame in the minds of the people of those times. But what, one may ask, has this to do with the Philippines? The truth is that the search for Tarsis and Ofir was directly related to the "discovery" of these islands by Magellan!


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According to the book of Jonah in the bible, Tarshish is approximately 2500 miles from Nineveh. Nineveh was 500 miles east of Jerusalem while Tarshish was 2000 miles from Jerusalem.


What country is Tarshish now called?

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Which of the three wise men was the Morrish King of Tarshish?

The Bible does not reveal who the 3 wise men were, only to say they came from the East. It does not say one was a king.Tarshish is generally identified as a city or town/territory along the western Mediterranean area or perhaps near Spain . Tarshish was the place where Jonah was going to flee to when swallowed by a large fish - Jonah 1:3.Isaiah 23:1 uses the word Tarshish. ..."The burden against Tyre. Wail, you ships of Tarshish, for it is laid waste.......".In Ez.27:12 it states .."Tarshish was your merchant because of your many luxury goods. They gave you silver, iron, tin and lead for your goods."The 3 wise men came from the East. Tarshish was to the west. Therefore none of the wise men was the king of Tarshish.


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