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Ezekiel 27:8

King James Version (KJV)

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Ezekiel 27:8

Verse 8 of 36

Scripture focus

The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise [men], O Tyrus, [that] were in thee, were thy pilots.

Ezekiel 27:8 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ezekiel 27:8

Theological / Devotional

Thy mariners. The ship’s crew is now described. The two cities mentioned as the source of these mariners were tributary to Tyre. Sidon was 23 1/3 mi. (37.3 km.) north-northeast from Tyre on the Phoenician coast. Arvad, the Greek Aradus, was a rocky island near the coast about 100 mi. (161 km.) north of Sidon.

O Tyrus. The RSV reading “of Zemer” is based upon a slight alteration of the Hebrew text, and that upon the context and upon a comparison with Gen. 10:18. Zemer was a Phoenician city south of Arvad. Gebal is the ancient Byblos, the modern Jebeil, 41 1/2 mi. (66.4 km.) north-northeast of Sidon, situated on an eminence near the Adonis River. Its site is still rich in Phoenician aims.

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