Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 10:22

22 For 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.

Either, First, The Ships of the Sea, which may seem to be called Tarshish, as Psal. 48. 7. Isa. 60. 9. from an eminent part of the Sea near Iudea, so called. Or rather, the Ships that went to Tarshish. For Tarshish was the name of a certain place upon the Sea, famous for its Traffick with Merchants, as it is manifest from Isa. 23. 6, 10. and 66. 19. Ier. 10. 9. Ezek. 27. 12 and it was a place very remote from Iudea, as appears from the 3 Years usually spent in that Voyage. But whether it was Spain, where in those times there was abundance of Gold and Silver, as Strabo and others affirm; or, some place in the Indies, it is needless to determine.

Marginal references: Or, elephants teeth.; Or, parrots.