Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.
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Gill's Exposition
Dedan was thy merchant in precious cloths for chariots. Or, "cloths of freedom" (u); such as freemen and even nobles wore; and yet so extravagant were the Tyrians, that they bought these to line or…
The thread broken at Eze 27:8 is taken up, and the various nations are enumerated which traded with Tyre. Eze 27:12 Tarshish - Tartessus in Spain (marginal references). Spain was rich in the metals…
Adam Clarke
Dan also and Javan - It is probable that both these words mean some of the Grecian islands.
Going to and fro - They both took and brought - imported and exported: but מאוזל meuzal, from uzal, may be a…
Here, I. The prophet is ordered to take up a lamentation for Tyrus, Eze 27:2. It was yet in the height of its prosperity, and there appeared not the least symptom of its decay; yet the prophet must…
Cambridge Bible
Dan also and Javan This is certainly incorrect; none of the verses begins with andor also, and any reference to Dan is out of the question. The word rendered "going to and fro" was translated by Ges.…
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