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Tarshish

Concise Bible Dictionary:

1. Son of Javan, a descendant of Japheth (Gen. 10:4⁴And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. (Genesis 10:4); 1 Chron. 7).

2. A prince of Persia who saw the king’s face (Esther 1:14¹⁴And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;) (Esther 1:14)).

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

she will cause poverty: she will shatter