For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
The king's ships went to Tarshish - rather, 'the king's ships of Tarhish went' with the servants of Huram.
Ships of Tarshish - i:e., in burden and construction like the large vessels built for or used at Tarshish.