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Tharshish

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(rocky). (1) (1 Kings 10:22; 22:48²²For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. (1 Kings 10:22)
⁴⁸Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber. (1 Kings 22:48)). [TARSHISH.] (2) A Benjamite (1 Chron. 7:10¹⁰The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar. (1 Chronicles 7:10)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Son of Bilhan, a descendant of Benjamin (1 Chron. 7:10¹⁰The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar. (1 Chronicles 7:10)). See TARSHISH.

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

she will cause poverty (or shattering)