[382] 2 Chron. ix. 21.
[383] See Max Müller, Lectures on Language, i. 191. The names Shen Habbim, "ivory" (Sanskr. ibhas, "elephant"), Kophim, "apes" (Sanskr. kapi), Tukkyim, "peacocks" (Tamil, togei), "algum trees" (Sanskr. Valgaka, LXX. πελεκητά, Alex. ἀπελέκητα, Vulg. thyina), all point to India. Aloes (ahalim, Psalm xlv. 8) are a fragrant tree of Malacca; cassia (Ind. koost), cinnamon (cacyn-nama) come from Ceylon. See Stanley, ii. 185. European history here first comes into contact with Sanskrit.
[384] See Eccles. ii. 4-6. See on the extensive water-works, Ewald, iii. 252-57.
[385] 2 Chron. ix. 21.
[386] נֶשֶׁק; LXX., στακτή, "oil of myrrh."
[387] 1 Kings x. 25.
[388] See Cant. i. 9, iii. 6-11, iv. 8; 2 Chron. xi. 6; Josephus, Antt., VIII. vii. 3; Psalm xlv.
[389] The great statue of Athene by Phidias was of this "Chryselephantine" work. Comp. "ivory palaces" (Psalm xlv. 8; 1 Kings xxii. 39; Amos iii. 15) and "ivory couches" (Amos vi. 4).
[390] Josephus, Antt., VIII. v. 2; Hosea iv. 16; Jer. xxxi. 18, etc.
[391] Ezek. xxvii., xxviii.; Zech. ix. 3.