Archaeology & History | by Merv Islip | Volume 22, Issue 1 | January - February 2016
When the prophet Jonah fled from the presence of God to Tarshish, he took a ship from Joppa on the west coast of Israel (Jon 1:3). From Joppa the ship would sail westward on its journey to Tarshish.
Tarshish was one of Tyre’s important trading partners and Ezekiel provides a catalogue of its pr…
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