A small, long-tailed animal that eats mostly plants and sometimes insects, often kept as pets. They were brought to Israel from Tarshish.
About Monkey
The translation “peacocks” (KJVRSV) is almost certainly incorrect. The rest of the cargo on board Solomon’s ships is from East Africa (the ancient ivory objects discovered by archeologists in the land to date are all made from African ivory) while peacocks originate from India and Myanmar which used to be known as Burma.
Key References
For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
For the king had the ships of Tarshish that went with Hiram’s servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
All Scripture References (2)
1 Kings (1)
For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
2 Chronicles (1)
For the king had the ships of Tarshish that went with Hiram’s servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.